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
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf	35.0	70.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE	5	Leaf	0.0	600.0	2.21	Duke, 1992 *
GUAJAZULENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HELIOTROPIN	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HINOKIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOTRIENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYRIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERALDEHYDE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JUNENOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KUSUNOKININ	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KUSUNOKIOL	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KUSUNOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAUROLITSIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN	1	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.