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
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 *