- slug
- camphor-white
- color
- Pale yellow to colorless clear-mobile-liquid
- hazards
- ["skin-sensitization-if-oxidized-limonene-and-alpha-pinene-peroxide-class","safrole-trace-not-cause-for-concern-b216-explicit"]
- name_en
- Camphor, White (Hon-sho)
- name_vn
- Long não trắng / Hon-sho long não thật
- chemotype
- industrial-white-fraction-limonene-dom-hon-sho
- cas_number
- 8008-51-3
- phototoxic
- false
- plant_part
- Wood and branches
- availability
- widely-available-Japan-Taiwan-China-source-most-widely-used-therapeutically-of-camphor-fractions
- data_quality
- complete
- entry_number
- 845
- plant_family
- Lauraceae
- cap_derivation
- framework_default_5pct_b216_no_specific_cap_limonene_storage_precaution_safrole_trace_clean
- latin_binomial
- Cinnamomum camphora L.
- oxidation_risk
- high
- origin_countries
- Japan; Taiwan; China
- cultural_heritage
- Japanese cultural-iconic Hon-sho 本樟 (true camphor) heritage + native Japanese cultivation Kyushu + Shikoku + Honshu primary regions + classical Japanese aromatherapy + Kō-dō incense ceremony cultural-spiritual heritage + cold-prevention + respiratory + meditation traditional applications; Tang-Song Dynasty Chinese-pharmacy heritage 8-10th century 長腦 / 龍腦 long-não classical Chinese-medicine documented pharmacological texts; Taiwan + Fujian + Guangdong + Guangxi historical-cultivation; Vietnamese Đông Y "long não" classical cultural-anchor + warming-cold-dispelling-qi traditional energy correspondence; modern Japanese sustainable cultivation continuing 21st-century industry
- drug_interactions
- []
- extraction_method
- Steam distillation (light fraction of 4-fraction industrial fractional-distillation)
- shelf_life_months
- 15
- max_dilution_adult
- 5
- common_adulteration
- B216 EXPLICIT no-adulteration rail per Burfield 2003 — RARE clean-supply-no-adulteration position class-distinct from typical commercial-EO supply chain; chemotaxonomic-authentication-marker rail (+)-Limonene 44.2% + p-Cymene 24.2% combined ~68% signature + 1,8-cineole 6.5% + camphor 2.4% + safrole-trace verifies authentic light-fraction commercial product
- contraindicated_all
- false
- chemotaxonomic_class
- cyclic-monoterpene-limonene-DOM + Cinnamomum-camphora-Lauraceae-camphor-tree-wood-white-fraction-light-industrial + Hon-sho-Japanese-cultural-iconic-true-camphor
- dominant_constituent
- (+)-Limonene
- max_dilution_elderly
- 5
- secondary_constituent
- p-Cymene
- max_dilution_child_2_6
- 1
- max_dilution_sensitive
- 2.5
- freshness_visual_marker
- pale yellow to colorless clear-mobile; characteristic fresh-camphoraceous-limonene-citrus-medicinal-light aroma; oxidation produces slight darkening + harsh-rancid-citrus-pine off-notes; limonene-peroxide-autoxidation primary quality concern; 1,8-cineole 6.5% provides partial antioxidant counter-balance
- max_dilution_child_6_12
- 2.5
- contraindicated_children
- false
- dominant_constituent_pct
- 44.2
- contraindicated_pregnancy
- false
- max_dilution_child_under2
- 0
- max_dilution_breastfeeding
- 5
- max_dilution_pregnancy_1st
- 2.5
- max_dilution_pregnancy_2nd
- 5
- max_dilution_pregnancy_3rd
- 5
- industrial_4_fraction_distillation_rail
- white-light-fraction (this oil — most widely used therapeutically) + brown-medium-fraction (CONTRA-ALL safrole-EXTREME sibling-EO844) + yellow-medium-fraction (CONTRA-ORAL safrole-modest) + blue-heavy-fraction (industrial); B216 EXPLICIT none-can-be-classed-as-true-essential-oils definitional rail