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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TERPINEN-1-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf 135.0 270.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf not available 24.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
TRAGETONOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Leaf not available 24.0 -0.87 Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *