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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
CAMPHERENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHERENONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR 41 Leaf 96.0 220000.0 4.68 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHORACENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHORENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHORENONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRINALDEHYDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRONALDEHYDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMONOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-2-VINYL-5-HDROXYTETRAHYDROFURAN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXENOL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LINALOL-OXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Leaf not available 24.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLIC-ACID 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CRESOL 5 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
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Psychoactive 1 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.
PTK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Renoirritant 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Respirainhibitor 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respiraparalytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Respirastimulant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Rubefacient 3 Duke, 1992 *
Secretogogue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 17 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Spasmogenic 6 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spasmolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide 2 Martindale's 28th
Stimulant 1 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.
Sunscreen 1 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Surfactant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Teratologic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 3 Duke, 1992 *