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Camphor
A terpene ketone with a pungent smell, obtained from the wood of the camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora) or made synthetically from turpentine: for centuries it has been used in ointments and balms for its cooling, soothing effect. This family brings together the active ingredient and other impurities.
Did you know?Together with nitrocellulose it was the key ingredient of celluloid, one of the first plastics, patented in the United States in 1870 and later used for billiard balls and cinema film.
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EDQM standards 1
The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.
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