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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Lindera benzoin (Lauraceae)

Common Names
Benjamin Bush; Spicebush; Wild Allspice; Fieberstrauch (Ger.)
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Leaf 4.0 *
(E)-BETA-FARNESENE 0 Leaf 12.0 1.39 *
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Fruit 36.0 50.0 1.41 *
(E)-NEROLIDOL 0 Leaf 10.0 28.0 *
(E)-NEROLIDOL 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 100000.0 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 *
(Z)-HEXENYL-BENZOATE 0 Leaf 0.8 *
1,6-GERMACRIENE-5-OL 0 Leaf 12.0 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Shoot Essent. Oil 100000.0 160000.0 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 *
6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE 0 Leaf 4.0 90.0 1.00 *
6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 110000.0 160000.0 Tucker, A. O. and Debaggio, T. 2000. The Big Book of Herbs. Interweave Press, Inc. Loveland, CO. 688 pp.
ALPHA-AMORPHENE 0 Leaf 1.0 -1.12 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE 3 Leaf 0.2 -1.00 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Leaf 4.0 -0.46 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit 2300.0 3135.0 1.00 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf 0.1 -0.31 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit 125.0 190.0 -0.67 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 2.0 -0.22 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Twig 35.0 43.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiasthmatic 2 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis., 4:203, 1982.
Antibacillary 1 *
Antibacterial 12 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibronchitic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 3 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticariogenic 4 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticatarrh 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticholinesterase 1 *
Anticonvulsant 1 *
Antidiarrheic 1 *
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidysenteric 1 *
Antiedemic 1 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiescherichic 1 *
Antiesophagitic 1 *
Antifatigue 1 *
Antifeedant 6 *
Antiflu 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigliomic 1 *