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
AZULENE	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Leaf	not available	5.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HEXANAL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Leaf	60.0	120.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Leaf	140.0	280.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Leaf	0.0	290.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
CADINADIENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADINENE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADINENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADINEOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHAZULENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Leaf	not available	5.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	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
Antinitrosaminic	5	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	3	Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antiobesity	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antionychyotic	1	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant	16	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipeptic	1	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	2	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antipharyngitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque	4	Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antiplasmodial	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).