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Plant 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.
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
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Pediculicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Perfume 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 13 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 19 Duke, 1992 *
Pheromone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Psychotropic 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.
Renoirritant 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.
Rubefacient 1 Martindale's 29th
Secretogogue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 6 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Spasmogenic 5 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide 1 Duke, 1992 *