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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
LIMONENE	60	Leaf	48.0	120.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Plant	5520.0	22800.0	4.72	Duke, 1992 *
LINALYL-ACETATE	7	Leaf	48.0	14400.0	2.05	Duke, 1992 *
MESITYLOXIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-EUGENOL	20	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-FURFURYL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ISOBUTYL-KETONE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-VINYL-KETONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Leaf	48.0	96.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTINALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-ENANTHIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXYLALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NERAL	4	Leaf	not available	5.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROLIDOL	11	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NERYL-ACETATE	5	Leaf	0.0	528.0	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
ORTHODENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Leaf	not available	5.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
P450-Inducer	3	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inhibitor	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pediculicide	3	Merck 11th Edition
Perfume	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery	33	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	45	Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Pigment	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Plasmodicide	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Preservative	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	2	Chen, S. J., Wang, M. H., Chen, I. J. 1996. Antiplatelet and Calcium Inhibitory Properties of Eugenol and Sodium Eugenol Acetate. Gen Pharmacol, 27(4): 629-633.