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Definition of Borneol

Borneol
Borneol Bor"ne*ol, n. [Borneo + -ol.] (Chem.) 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.
borneol
Camphor Cam"phor, n. [OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It. camfara, Sp. camfara, alcanfor, LL. camfora, camphara, NGr. ?), fr. Ar. k[=a]f[=u]r, prob. fr. Skr. karp[=u]ra.] 1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linn[ae]us.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative. 2. A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or borneol. See Borneol. Note: The name camphor is also applied to a number of bodies of similar appearance and properties, as cedar camphor, obtained from the red or pencil cedar (Juniperus Virginiana), and peppermint camphor, or menthol, obtained from the oil of peppermint. Camphor oil (Chem.), name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree. Camphor tree, a large evergreen tree (Cinnamomum Camphora) with lax, smooth branches and shining triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China, but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood and subliming the product.

Meaning of Borneol from wikipedia

- chiral, borneol exists as enantiomers, both of which are found in nature: d-borneol (also written (+)-borneol) and l-borneol (or (−)-borneol). Borneol is oxidized...
- In enzymology, a (−)-borneol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.227) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction (−)-borneol + NAD+ ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
- enzymology, a (+)-borneol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.198) is an enzyme that increases the rate of, or catalyzes, the chemical reaction (+)-borneol + NAD+ ⇌ {\displaystyle...
- linaloyl pyrophosphate to bornyl pyrophosphate, followed by hydrolysis to borneol and oxidation to camphor. The first significant manmade plastics were low-nitrogen...
- 379–380. Les analogies avec le bornéol me permettent de proposer pour ce corps le nom de menthol,… [Analogies with borneol allow me to propose the name...
- Menthol p-Cymene Thu****licins (Hinokitiol) Thymol Perillyl alcohol Carvacrol Bicyclic Camphor Borneol Bornyl acetate Eucalyptol Ascaridole Umbellulone...
- compound is placed in an exo position. The endo diastereomer is called borneol. Being chiral, isoborneol exists as enantiomers. Isoborneol is synthesized...
- brown as it ages). It has many chemical components, some of which are borneol, camphor, and pinene. Oregano (Origanum vulgare), sometimes listed with...
- (20 to 50%), α-terpenylacetate (30%), sabinene, limonene (2 to 14%), and borneol.[citation needed] In the seeds of round cardamom from Java (Wurfbainia...
- chemotypes, which are camphor, linalool, 1,8-cineole, nerolidol, safrole, and borneol. In China, field workers avoid mixing chemotypes when harvesting by their...