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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
(+)-CAMPHENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CAMPHENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-LINALOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-OCIMENOL 0 Leaf not available 5.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 3120.0 6240.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
3,5-DIMETHYL-4,6-DI-O-METHYLPHLORACETOPHENONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-1,5-DIEN-3,7-DIOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-1,7-DIEN-3,6-DIOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-DODECANYL-4-HYDROXY-4-METHYL-2-CYCLOPENTENONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BISABOLOL 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CALACORENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HEXANAL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf not available 5.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 140.0 280.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf not available 24.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf 460.0 920.0 1.02 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 0.0 72.0 -0.59 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
Antitumor (Pancreas) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 4 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 11 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Ascaricide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Astringent 1 Merck 11th Edition
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.