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.
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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.
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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.