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Cinnamomum camphora
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 29 constituent measurements for Cinnamomum camphora. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.
Accepted name in source: Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl.
Regulatory presence
Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 181 licensed products naming Cinnamomum camphora as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.
Extract types on licence
Source material stated
What the records describe
Constituents measured
- Camphor9
- 1,8-cineole8
- Safrole7
- Myrcene4
- Elemicin1
Plant parts
- Roots and other underground parts8
- Wood8
- Leaves7
- Fruit unspecified3
- Unspecified3
Preparations
- Essential oil28
Recorded constituents
What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.
| Substance | Plant part | Preparation | Concentration | Analytical method | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,8-cineole | Unspecified | Essential oil | 30.02 Percent | GC-MS | Resolve DOI |
| Camphor | Unspecified | Essential oil | 36.61 Percent | GC-MS | Resolve DOI |
| Safrole | Unspecified | Essential oil | 5.15 Percent | GC-MS | Resolve DOI |
| 1,8-cineole | Fruit unspecified | Essential oil | 53.3 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| 1,8-cineole | Leaves | Essential oil | ≤ 53.4 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| 1,8-cineole | Roots and other underground parts | Essential oil | ≤ 26 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| 1,8-cineole | Wood | Essential oil | ≥ 4.2 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| 1,8-cineole | Wood | Essential oil | ≤ 43.9 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| 1,8-cineole | Leaves | Essential oil | ≥ 47 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| 1,8-cineole | Roots and other underground parts | Essential oil | ≥ 4.4 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| Camphor | Fruit unspecified | Essential oil | 2.1 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| Camphor | Leaves | Essential oil | ≥ 57 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| Camphor | Leaves | Essential oil | ≤ 72.5 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| Camphor | Leaves | — | 0.6 Percent | Unspecified | No resolvable identifier |
| Camphor | Roots and other underground parts | Essential oil | ≥ 26.5 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| Camphor | Roots and other underground parts | Essential oil | ≤ 55.6 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| Camphor | Wood | Essential oil | ≥ 6.2 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| Camphor | Wood | Essential oil | ≤ 67.6 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| Elemicin | Roots and other underground parts | Essential oil | 23.58 Percent | GC-MS | No resolvable identifier |
| Myrcene | Wood | Essential oil | ≥ 2 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| Myrcene | Leaves | Essential oil | ≥ 2.8 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| Myrcene | Leaves | Essential oil | ≤ 3.3 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| Myrcene | Wood | Essential oil | ≤ 3 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| Safrole | Wood | Essential oil | ≤ 5 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| Safrole | Wood | Essential oil | ≥ 0.8 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| Safrole | Roots and other underground parts | Essential oil | 29.44 Percent | GC-MS | No resolvable identifier |
| Safrole | Roots and other underground parts | Essential oil | ≤ 23.3 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| Safrole | Roots and other underground parts | Essential oil | ≥ 2.8 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
| Safrole | Fruit unspecified | Essential oil | 3.6 Percent | GC-FID | No resolvable identifier |
Cited sources
The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.
- Stubbs, BJ., Specht, A., Brushett, D. The essential oil of Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Nees and Eberm. - Variation in oil composition throughout the tree in two chemotypes from Eastern Australia . Journal of essential oil research, 2004, vol. 16, no. 1, p. 9-14.
- Fu, J. T., Tang, L., Li, W. S., Wang, K., Cheng, D. M., Zhang, Z. X. Fumigant Toxicity and Repellence Activity of Camphor Essential Oil from Cinnamonum camphora Siebold Against Solenopsis invicta Workers (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) . Journal of insect science, 2015, vol. 15. DOI
- Yang, Bi-xian., Hu, Qi-zhi., Hu, Xin., Yun, Xue-lin. Chemical constituents of the volatile oil from the root of Cinnamomum camphora by supercritical carbon dioxide fluid extraction by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Zhongguo shiyan fangjixue zazhi, 2012, vol. 18, no. 22, p. 127-131.
- Wahid, M. A., Samiullah. Standardization of active principles of indigenous pharmacopoeial drugs found in West Pakistan. Pakistan journal of scientific and industrial research, 1960, vol. 3, p. 228-30.
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