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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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List of plant chemicals.
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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
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antitumor (Colon) 1 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 *
Antitussive 2 *
Antiulcer 7 Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992).
Antiviral 5 *
Antiyeast 1 *
Apoptotic 2 *
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bronchoprotectant 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 3 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 3 *
Candidistat 1 *
Carcinogenic 2 *
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 2 *