Plant Lindera benzoin (Lauraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Benjamin Bush; Spicebush; Wild Allspice; Fieberstrauch (Ger.)

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
(E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE	0	Leaf	not available	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-BETA-FARNESENE	0	Leaf	not available	12.0	1.39	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE	0	Fruit	36.0	50.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-NEROLIDOL	0	Leaf	10.0	28.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-NEROLIDOL	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	100000.0	not available	Tucker, A. O. and Debaggio, T. 2000. The Big Book of Herbs. Interweave Press, Inc. Loveland, CO. 688 pp.
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE	0	Fruit	55.0	75.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-HEXENYL-BENZOATE	0	Leaf	not available	0.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,6-GERMACRIENE-5-OL	0	Leaf	not available	12.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Shoot Essent. Oil	100000.0	160000.0	not available	Tucker, A. O. and Debaggio, T. 2000. The Big Book of Herbs. Interweave Press, Inc. Loveland, CO. 688 pp.
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Twig	315.0	320.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE	0	Leaf	4.0	90.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	110000.0	160000.0	not available	Tucker, A. O. and Debaggio, T. 2000. The Big Book of Herbs. Interweave Press, Inc. Loveland, CO. 688 pp.
ALPHA-AMORPHENE	0	Leaf	not available	1.0	-1.12	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE	3	Leaf	not available	0.2	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Leaf	not available	4.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Fruit	2300.0	3135.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Leaf	not available	0.1	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit	125.0	190.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	not available	2.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Twig	35.0	43.0	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
(-)-Chronotropic	2	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic	2	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	4	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3	Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Anesthetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholine	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	2	J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialzheimeran?	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.