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Plant Cinnamomum camphora (Lauraceae)

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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigliomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotropic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihelicobacter 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 4 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihypertensive 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antihyperthyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 14 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antikeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilactobacillic 1 Duke, 1992 *