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Alpinia officinarum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 13 constituent measurements for Alpinia officinarum. 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: Alpinia officinarum Hance

13Constituent measurements

0Safety records

5Cited sources

51Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 51 licensed products naming Alpinia officinarum as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Dry
decoction

Source material stated

Rhizome
Rhizome (standardized extract)
Rhizome(s)
Root

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	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	44.2 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	4 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Methyleugenol	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Roots and other underground parts	Drying (dehydration)	8.2 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
1,8-cineole	Roots and other underground parts	Fresh	28.3 Percent	AAS	No resolvable identifier
1,8-cineole	Roots and other underground parts	Essential oil	—	—	No resolvable identifier
1,8-cineole	Roots and other underground parts	Fresh	50 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Camphor	Roots and other underground parts	Fresh	3.4 Percent	AAS	No resolvable identifier
Camphor	Roots and other underground parts	Essential oil	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Methyleugenol	Roots and other underground parts	Fresh	1 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Methyleugenol	Roots and other underground parts	Drying (dehydration)	3.3 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Roots and other underground parts	Essential oil	—	—	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.

Ly, TN., Yamauchi, R., Shimoyamada, M., Kato, K. Isolation and structural elucidation of some glycosides from the rhizomes of smaller galanga (Alpinia officinarum Hance) . Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2002, vol. 50, no. 17, p. 4919-4924. DOI
Lawrence, Brian M., Hogg, James W., Terhune, Stuart J. Essential oils and their constituents. II. The oil of Alpinia officinarum. Perfumery and essential oil record, 1969, vol. 60(2-3), p. 88-96.
Ly, T.N., Yamauchi, R., Kato, K. Volatile Components of the Essential Oils in Galanga (Alpinia officinarum Hance) from Vietnam. Food science and technology research, 2001, vol. 7, no. 4, p. 303-306.
Raina, Archana P., Verma, S. K., Abraham, Z. Volatile constituents of essential oils isolated from Alpinia galanga Willd. (L.) and A. officinarum Hance rhizomes from North East India . Journal of essential oil research, 2014, vol. 26, no. 1, p. 24-28. DOI
Rana, V. S., Verdeguer, M., Blazquez, M. Amparo. GC and GC/MS Analysis of the Volatile Constituents of the Oils of Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd and A. officinarum Hance Rhizomes . Journal of essential oil research, 2010, vol. 22, no. 6, p. 521-524.

Boundary

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