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Aloysia citriodora

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 11 constituent measurements for Aloysia citriodora. 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: Aloysia citriodora Palau

11Constituent measurements

0Safety records

4Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Lippia citriodora (Lam.) Kunth. L.
Lippia triphylla (L'Hér.) Kuntze

Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.

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	11.7 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	9.6 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Alpha-thujone	Flower	Essential oil	17.1 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Alpha-thujone	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	1.1 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Beta-thujone	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	73.4 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Camphor	Flower	Essential oil	5.41 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Carvone	Flower	Essential oil	1.55 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Leaves	Essential oil	—	Gaschromatography (GC)	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Flower	Essential oil	1.65 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Myrcenone	Flower	Essential oil	31 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Pinocarvone	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	1.3 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier

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.

Di Leo Lira, Paola., van Baren, Catalina M., Retta, Daiana., Bandoni, Arnaldo L., Gil, Alejandra., Gattuso, Martha., Gattuso, Susana. Characterization of lemon verbena (Aloysia citriodora Palau) from Argentina by the essential oil . Journal of essential oil research, 2008, vol. 20, no. 4, p. 350-353.
Zygadlo, J. A., Lamarque, A. L., Guzman, C. A., Grosso, N. R. Composition of the flower oils of some Lippia and Aloysia species from Argentina. Journal of essential oil research, 1995, p. 593-595.
Hudaib, Mohammad., Tawaha, Khaled., Bustanji, Yasser. Chemical Profile of the Volatile Oil of Lemon verbena (Aloysia citriodora Palau) Growing in Jordan . Journal of essential oil bearing plants, 2013, vol. 16, no. 5, p. 568-574. DOI
De Pasquale, A., Costa de Pasquale, R. Pharmacognostic studies on Lippia triphylla. Essenze, derivati agrumari, 1976, p. 293-298.

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