Natural borneol is expensive and synthetic borneol has a broad market

Borneool, also known as borneol, dipterocarp, plum blossom borneol, plum blossom brain, etc., is a precious and rare medicinal material and high-grade spice, and is also an important raw material in the pharmaceutical industry. Borneol is divided into two types: natural borneol and synthetic borneol. Synthetic borneol is mainly obtained by esterification and hydrolysis of α-pinene in turpentine. It is a mixture of left-handed borneol and right-handed borneol. Synthetic borneol can be widely used in daily chemicals, medicine, feed, textile, leather, plastics and other industries. Among them, synthetic borneol has an irreplaceable role as medicine and pharmaceutical intermediates, flavor and fragrance raw materials, and industrial functional materials.

Synthetic borneol originally appeared to solve the problem of the source of natural borneol and replace natural borneol. However, it has fallen into development difficulties in recent years. On the one hand, it is difficult to desulfurize borneol produced from sulfated turpentine, and the synthetic borneol produced is easy to produce odor. my country’s current deodorization level of sulfated turpentine is low, and the cost of using sulfated turpentine to produce borneol is high. On the other hand, there is a lot of pollution in the production process of synthetic borneol, and it faces great pressure on environmental protection.

According to the “2023-2028 China Synthetic Borne Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center, in recent years In recent years, the supply of China’s synthetic borneol industry has shown an overall expansion trend, mainly due to the spread of the new crown epidemic and the surge in pharmaceutical demand, which has prompted a significant increase in the demand for synthetic borneol. In 2022, China’s synthetic borneol supply will be around 6,000 tons.

​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​OUT OUTCOMES There is a certain amount of environmental pollution in the production process of synthetic borneol. At the beginning of 2023, some companies have also reduced output due to environmental issues. Representative companies include Fujian Qingsong Co., Ltd., Wuzhou Huangpu Chemical and Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Yunnan Linyuan Flavors Co., Ltd., etc. A few companies.

Borneol plays a variety of functions in Chinese patent medicine preparations, and has strong therapeutic and pharmacological effects on central nervous system and circulatory system diseases, as well as promoting drug absorption. However, natural borneol resources are very limited and expensive, which is far from meeting the increasing needs of humans. The antibacterial effects of synthetic borneol and natural borneol are the same. Replacing natural borneol with synthetic borneol is an inevitable trend of development.

Industry analysts said that in recent years, due to the accelerated aging of my country’s population, the increase in residents’ disposable income, and the improvement of residents’ health awareness, etc. Affected by factors, the market demand for drugs and health care products is becoming increasingly strong, and the pharmaceutical industry represented by Chinese patent medicines has also ushered in good development opportunities. As an important part of the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, Chinese patent medicines may continue to maintain a good development trend, thereby promoting the development of the synthetic borneol industry.