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| Camphor (Cinnamomum camphora), a traditional remedy with the history of treating several diseases | ||||||
| Rafie Hamidpour1, Soheila Hamidpour2, Mohsen Hamidpour3, Mina Shahlari4 | ||||||
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1PhD, President, Pars Bioscience, Leawood, Kansas, United States.
2MD, Pars Bioscience, Leawood, Kansas, United States. 3PhD, Pars Bioscience, Leawood, Kansas, United States. 3B.A. in Biology, Pars Bioscience, Leawood, Kansas, United States. | ||||||
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| Hamidpour R, Hamidpour S, Hamidpour M, Shahlari M. Camphor (Cinnamomum camphora), a traditional remedy with the history of treating several diseases. International Journal of Case Reports and Images 2013;4(2):86–89. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
The purpose of this literature review is to gain knowledge of the long history, wide variety and extensive applications of camphor, both in traditional and modern medicine. Camphor (Cinnamomum camphora) is obtained from the wood of camphor tree. It has been used for centuries, throughout the world as a remedy for treating variety of symptoms such as inflammation, infection, congestion, pain, irritation, etc. The studies have shown that some of the components of Cinnamomum camphora have suppressive and antimutagenic effect in number of human cancer cells without harming the healthy cells. In this paper our focus is on the use of camphor as a remedy for daily minor problems as well as reporting some information about the new applications of this traditional medicine to treat or prevent some serious life-threatening diseases sucha as cancer and diabetes. We hope to get the attention of researchers for conducting more studies on the effects of camphor on patients with memory and brain disorders as well.
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Keywords:
Camphor, Cinnamomum camphora, Application, Treatment, Cancer
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Author Contributions
Rafie Hamidpour – Conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision of the article, Final approval of the version to be published Soheila Hamidpour – Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision of the article, Final approval of the version to be published Mohsen Hamidpour – Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision of the article, Final approval of the version to be published Mina Shahlari – Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of submission
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Source of support
None |
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Conflict of interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright
© Rafie Hamidpour et al. 2013; This article is distributed the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any means provided the original authors and original publisher are properly credited. (Please see Copyright Policy for more information.) |
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