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Achillea abrotanoides

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 17 constituent measurements for Achillea abrotanoides. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Achillea abrotanoides (Vis.)Vis.

17Constituent measurements

0Safety records

4Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

No Health Canada licensed natural health product in the snapshot names this species as a medicinal ingredient under this exact binomial. Absence here means absence from this one register under this one name, not absence from trade, and not a safety verdict.

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
(-)-camphor	Leaves	Essential oil	14.2 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
(-)-camphor	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 14.2 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
(-)-camphor	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 1.26 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 8.47 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	18.5 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	11.3 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 18.5 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Alpha-thujone	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	2.9 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Alpha-thujone	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 0.3 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Alpha-thujone	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 35.4 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Beta-thujone	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 10.2 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Beta-thujone	Leaves	Essential oil	10.2 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Beta-thujone	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	16.8 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Beta-thujone	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 3 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Guaianolides	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	3.2 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Pinocarvone	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	15.6 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Hanlidou, E., Kokkini, S., Kokkalou, E. Volatile constituents of Achillea abrotanoides in relation to their infrageneric variation. Biochemical systematics and ecology, 1992, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 33-40. DOI
Bicchi, C., Frattini, C., Cantamessa, L., Poggio, L. On the composition of Achillea abrotanoides (Vis.) Vis. essential oil. Flavour and fragrance journal, 1988, vol. 3, no. 3, p. 101-104. DOI
Chalchat, J.-C., Petrovic, S.D., Maksimovic, Z.A., Gorunovic, M.S. Aromatic plants of yugoslavia. III. Chemical composition of essential oils of achillea abrotanoides (Vis.) Vis., A. Clypeolata Sibth. & Sm., A. depressa Janka and A. Stricta Schleicher et Koch. Journal of essential oil research, 2005, vol. 17, no. 5, p. 549-552. DOI
Stefanovic, M., Djermanovic, V., Gorunvic, M., Djermanovic, M., Macura, S., Milosavljevic, S. Sesquiterpene lactones from Achillea abrotanoides. Phytochemistry, 1989, vol. 28, no. 6, p. 1765-1767. DOI

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