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
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Fruit	4.0	6.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Twig	7.0	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Twig	46.0	49.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE	1	Leaf	not available	0.3	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Leaf	not available	11.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Fruit	60.0	135.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Leaf	30.0	100.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	150000.0	0.97	Tucker, A. O. and Debaggio, T. 2000. The Big Book of Herbs. Interweave Press, Inc. Loveland, CO. 688 pp.
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Fruit	50.0	105.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Leaf	not available	0.5	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Fruit	400.0	545.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Fruit	18.0	26.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Leaf	not available	2.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Twig	24.0	26.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDRENE	5	Leaf	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BICYCLOGERMACRENE	0	Leaf	not available	3.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Twig	13.0	15.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Fruit	22.0	40.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Leaf	not available	2.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Twig	17.0	26.0	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
Antiasthmatic	2	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis., 4:203, 1982.
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigliomic	1	Duke, 1992 *