Abstract: Camphor have many pharmacological effects, such as excitement, cardiac, anti -inflammatory, analgesic,antibacterial, cough, penetration, reduce mitochondrial respiration, regulating liver enzyme, mites,and Interactions with other drugs, is one of the world's first natural organic ingredients be used. Camphor is widely used, but also has a strong toxicity, manifested in the ovary, testes, nerves, liver, heart, fetus, pregnant women, the apparent toxicity to the kidneys and urinary system less genotoxic potential toxicity. In recent years, research subject of the transformation and the relationship borneol and camphor in body fetching attention, we consider it necessary to understand the pharmacology and toxicology and safety of camphor progress, provide a reference for in-depth study of the relationship between body transformation of borneol and camphor.

Key words: camphor, borneol, pharmacology, toxicology, safety study