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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
P-CYMOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTENYLALDEHYDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHELLANDRENE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERITONE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERONAL 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERONYLACROLEIN 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERONYLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONALDEHYDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPYL-PYROCATECHOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RETICULENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Leaf 595.0 1190.0 0.50 Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE 29 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALVENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SECOISOSOLARICIRESINOL-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARINALDEHYDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUVENOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
T-CADINOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
T-MUUROLOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antistaphylococcic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyncopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithromboxane 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
AntiTNF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antituberculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 9 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antitumor (Colon) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Duke, 1992 *