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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
CUBENOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUMIN-ALCOHOL 1 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCUMINYL-ALCOHOL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROEUGENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYLMATAIRESINOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYLSECOISOLARICIRESINOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIPENTENE 7 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf 5000.0 10000.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
EPICAMPHERONOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICUBENOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-GUAIACOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-PHENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 420000.0 0.81 Duke, 1992 *
FENCHENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURFURAL 6 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).