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
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
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).