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Definition of Borneol

1. n. A rare variety of camphor, C₁₀H₁₇.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol.

Definition of Borneol

1. Noun. (biochemistry) A bicyclic organic compound and a terpene, easily oxidized to the ketone yielding camphor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Borneol

1. an alcohol [n -S] - See also: alcohol

Medical Definition of Borneol

1. A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Synonym: Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol. Origin: Borneo + -ol. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Borneol

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"borneol. Slightly heated borneol, or its cold alcoholic solution, absorbs but a small quantity of hydrochloric acid gas. (Berthelot.) — 4. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"291) the crystals found in oil of valerian are not borneol, ... borneol is produced artificially by heating common camphor with alcoholic potash, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"In addition to these natural sources d-borneol may be obtained, by the action of reducing agents on laurel camphor when borneol, of the same sign of ..."

4. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1886)
"Artificial borneol, obtained by the action of sodium or alcoholic potash on common camphor, ... By nitric acid, borneol is converted into common camphor, ..."

5. The Volatile Oils by Eduard Gildemeister, Friedrich Hoffmann (1900)
"Further, borneol has been shown to he present in golden rod oil, in the oils from sage and thyme, as well as in the oils from ..."

6. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Karl Schorlemmer (1889)
"... OF borneol. therefore bears the same relation to menthone as borneol to camphor :! Menthol. ... OF borneol. ..."

7. First Outlines of a Dictionary of Solubilities of Chemical Substances by Frank Humphreys Storer (1864)
"From a solution of 2 pts. borneol in 10 pts. absolute alcohol, 100 pts. of water separate, after three days' standing, 1.2 pts. of borneol, and on agitating ..."

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