Camphora officinarum

Names and Synonyms

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Persea camphora
• Camphorina camphora
• Cinnamomum camphora
• Laurus camphora

Sources: Wikidata, Catalogue of Life

Taxonomical Classification

This plant belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the phylum Streptophyta, falling under the class Equisetopsida and subclass Magnoliidae. It is classified within the order Laurales and the family Lauraceae. Finally, its specific taxonomic designation is within the genus Cinnamomum (often associated with Camphora), though per your classification, it resides in the genus Camphora.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Distribution

This plant exhibits a diverse geographical distribution across several distinct tropical regions. In West Tropical Africa, its presence has been documented specifically within Guinea. Its range also extends to West-Central Tropical Africa, where it can be found around the Gulf of Guinea Islands. Furthermore, the species is distributed throughout the Western Indian Ocean. Within this ocean region, it inhabits the islands of Mauritius, Réunion, and the Seychelles.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Plant Parts

Camphora officinarum has 4 reported plant parts identified across 11 scientific publications and several other databases that are studied for medicinal purposes. The most consistently reported plant part include seed, leaf, stem, fruit.

Seed

1. Food chemistry
2. Lipids
3. Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
4. Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
5. Food & function

Leaf

1. International journal of molecular sciences
2. Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology
3. Natural product communications

Stem

1. FEMS microbiology letters
2. International journal of molecular sciences

Fruit

1. International journal of molecular sciences

Chemicals

Camphora officinarum has 130 reported phytochemicals identified across 11 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported chemicals include Borneol, 1,8-Cineole, Linalool, camphor, ALPHA-PINENE.

Borneol

1. Dr. Duke
2. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
3. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity
4. Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB

1,8-Cineole

1. Dr. Duke
2. Chemistry & biodiversity
3. International journal of molecular sciences

Linalool

1. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity
2. Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB
3. International journal of molecular sciences

camphor

1. Dr. Duke
2. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity

ALPHA-PINENE

1. Dr. Duke
2. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity

LIMONENE

1. Dr. Duke
2. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity

MYRCENE

1. Dr. Duke
2. Chemistry & biodiversity

NEROLIDOL

1. Dr. Duke
2. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity

lauric acid

1. Dr. Duke
2. Foods (Basel, Switzerland)

oil

1. Food chemistry
2. Foods (Basel, Switzerland)

Activities

Camphora officinarum has 433 reported activities identified across 11 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported activities include Antioxidant, Antibacterial, Antiinflammatory, Analgesic, Anticancer.

Antioxidant

1. Dr. Duke
2. Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology
4. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry

Antibacterial

1. Dr. Duke
2. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity

Antiinflammatory

1. Dr. Duke
2. Phytotherapy research : PTR
3. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Analgesic

1. Dr. Duke
2. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity

Anticancer

1. Dr. Duke
2. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Antinociceptive

1. Dr. Duke
2. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Antitussive

1. Dr. Duke
2. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Antiviral

1. Dr. Duke
2. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Anxiolytic

1. Dr. Duke
2. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity

Hypoglycemic

1. Dr. Duke
2. Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology

Preparations

Camphora officinarum has 17 reported preparations identified across 11 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported preparations include essential oils, steam distillate, CCSKO, Cinnamomum camphora Seed Kernel Oil, Cinnamomum camphora seed kernel oil.

Essential oils

1. Chemistry & biodiversity
2. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
3. International journal of molecular sciences

Steam distillate

1. Veterinary parasitology
2. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Ccsko

1. Foods (Basel, Switzerland)

Cinnamomum camphora seed kernel oil

1. Foods (Basel, Switzerland)

Cinnamomum camphora seed kernel oil

1. Lipids

Cinnamomum camphora seed kernel oil (ccsko)

1. AMB Express

Essential oils

1. Mutation research

Borneol chemotype naphtha

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Camphor chemotype naphtha

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Essential oil

1. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)