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
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
Antipneumonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipodriac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	7	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.
Antirheumatalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	23	Merck 11th Edition
Antiserotonin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisickling	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisinusitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	20	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.