Camphor
"Camphor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A bicyclic monoterpene ketone found widely in plants, especially CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA. It is used topically as a skin antipruritic and as an anti-infective agent.
| Descriptor ID |
D002164
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.849.575.781.234.326 D02.522.376
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Camphor" by people in Profiles.
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Park TJ, Seo HK, Kang BJ, Kim KT. Noncompetitive inhibition by camphor of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Biochem Pharmacol. 2001 Apr 01; 61(7):787-93.