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
MYRCENE	22	Twig	0.0	10.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSILACTONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSILACTONE-A	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Fruit	90.0	135.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Twig	0.0	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Fruit	5.0	8.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Twig	41.0	54.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SPATHULENOL	0	Leaf	not available	0.4	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Twig	26.0	29.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Fruit	2.0	9.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Twig	0.0	2.0	-1.00	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
Antihalitosic	1	American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihelicobacter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antilaryngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinephritic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinesidioblastosic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antinitrosaminic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	2	Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antiobesity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiotitic	1	Duke, 1992 *