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Plant Cinnamomum camphora (Lauraceae)

Common Names
Camphor; Ho Leaf
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CUBENOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUMIN-ALCOHOL 1 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCUMINYL-ALCOHOL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROEUGENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYLMATAIRESINOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYLSECOISOLARICIRESINOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIPENTENE 7 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf 5000.0 10000.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
EPICAMPHERONOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICUBENOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-GUAIACOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-PHENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 420000.0 0.81 Duke, 1992 *
FENCHENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURFURAL 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 5 Fitoterapia No.61: 254, 1990.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 14 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 3 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Occuloirritant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 3 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *