Plant Cinnamomum camphora (Lauraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Camphor; Ho Leaf

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf	35.0	70.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE	5	Leaf	0.0	600.0	2.21	Duke, 1992 *
GUAJAZULENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HELIOTROPIN	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HINOKIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOTRIENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYRIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERALDEHYDE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JUNENOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KUSUNOKININ	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KUSUNOKIOL	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KUSUNOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAUROLITSIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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 *