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Ho leaf (camphor CT)

Lá cây Ho (CT camphor)

Cinnamomum camphora

Hon-sho, True camphor tree

Lauraceae · Lá · Leaves · Steam-distilled

Ho leaf (camphor CT) essential oil (Cinnamomum camphora) — botanical illustration
Cinnamomum camphora

Safety

Neurotoxic · Carcinogenic

Drug interactions. May contain safrole and methyleugenol. Expected to be neurotoxic based on high camphor content (42 to 84 percent).

Broad contraindications: pregnancy, breastfeeding.

Oral: caution with drugs metabolized by CYP2E1.

Maximum adult oral dose 28 mg daily. Maximum dermal use level 0.8 percent.

Basis: 5.0 percent safrole and 0.5 percent methyleugenol, with dermal limits 0.05/0.02 percent and oral 0.025/0.01 mg per kg per day.

Camphor is thought to be more toxic in humans than rodents. Rat LD50 is 1.7 g per kg.


Usage guidelines

Maximum dermal level
0.8 percent
Max adult oral dose
28 mg daily
Contraindications
Pregnancy, breastfeeding

Chemistry

Volatile constituents
Camphor42.0 – 84.1 %
Linalool0.5 – 15.0 %
Safrole0.1 – 5.0 %
Bicyclogermacrene0 – 5.0 %
α-Caryophyllene0.1 – 4.0 %
β-Caryophyllene0.2 – 3.4 %
Spathulenol0 – 2.6 %
(+)-Limonene0 – 2.1 %
α-Terpineol1.3 – 2.0 %
1,8-Cineole1.0 – 1.7 %
Methyleugenol0 – 0.5 %

Botanical source

Cinnamomum camphora 'hon-sho' chemotype (true camphor tree), the main source of natural camphor. Japanese tree.

Distinct from the camphor (brown/white/yellow) fractions distilled from crude camphor oil. Ho leaf is the oil distilled directly from the leaves of the same species.

Family Lauraceae.