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Aframomum exscapum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 12 constituent measurements for Aframomum exscapum. 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: Aframomum exscapum (Sims) Hepper

12Constituent measurements

0Safety records

3Cited 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
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 86 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 52.9 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 61.7 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 61.7 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 53.8 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 47 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Beta-selinene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	3.3 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 3.4 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Leaves	Essential oil	1 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 0.9 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Sesquiterpene alkaloids	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 1.6 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Sesquiterpene alkaloids	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 11.3 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.

Koffi, A. M., Tonzibo, Z. F., Delort, L., Ruiz, N., Caldefie-Chezet, L., Chalchat, J. C. Correlation between chemical composition and antifungal activity of essential oils predominated by thymol on Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus . Phytotherapie (paris), 2013, vol. 11, no. 2, p. 134-139. DOI
Martin, M. A. Couppe de K., Joseph, H., Bercion, S., Menut, C. Chemical composition of essential oils from aerial parts of Aframomum exscapum (Sims) Hepper collected in Guadeloupe, French West Indies . Flavour and fragrance journal, 2006, vol. 21, no. 6, p. 902-905. DOI
Muriel, Koffi A., Tonzibo, Z. F., Koua, Koua Oi., Bedi, G., Chalchat, J-C. Essential Oil of Aframomum exscapum (Sims) Hepper from Cote d'Ivoire. Journal of essential oil bearing plants, 2011, vol. 14, no. 3, p. 274-277. DOI

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