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Callitris columellaris

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 11 constituent measurements for Callitris columellaris. 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: Callitris columellaris F.Muell.

11Constituent measurements
0Safety records
5Cited sources
0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

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

  • Myrcene3
  • (-)-camphor1
  • Callitrin1
  • Callitrisin1
  • Columellarin1
  • Deoxypodophyllotoxin1
  • Germacranolide1
  • Sesquiterpene lactones1
  • Yatein1

Plant parts

  • Wood7
  • Leaves4

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction9
  • Essential oil2

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.

SubstancePlant partPreparationConcentrationAnalytical methodSource
MyrceneLeavesSolvent extraction≤ 10.1 PercentGC-MSResolve DOI
MyrceneLeavesSolvent extraction≥ 6 PercentGC-MSResolve DOI
(-)-camphorLeavesEssential oil1 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
CallitrinWoodSolvent extraction1 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
CallitrisinWoodSolvent extraction1.5 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
ColumellarinWoodSolvent extraction0.8 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
DeoxypodophyllotoxinWoodSolvent extraction19 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
GermacranolideWoodSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
MyrceneLeavesEssential oil9 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
Sesquiterpene lactonesWoodSolvent extractionGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
YateinWoodSolvent extraction5.1 PercentGC-MSNo 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.

  1. Wanner, J., Jirovetz, L., Schmidt, E. Callitris intratropica R.T. Baker & H.G. Smith as a novel rich source of deoxypodophyllotoxin. Current bioactive compounds, 2015, vol. 11, no. 2, p. 73-77.
  2. Yazaki, Y., Hillis, W. E. Components of the extractives from Callitris columellaris F. Muell. heartwood which affect termites. Holzforschung, 1977, p. 188-191.
  3. Ogunwande, IA., Olawore, NO., Kasali, AA., Konig, WA. Chemical composition of the leaf volatile oils of Callitris intratropica R. T. Baker & H. G. Smith from Nigeria. FLAVOUR AND FRAGRANCE JOURNAL, 2003, vol. 18, no. 5, p. 387-389. DOI
  4. Brophy, J.J., Goldsack, R.J., Forster, P.I., Copeland, L.M., O'Sullivan, W., Rozefelds, A.C. Chemistry of the Australian gymnosperms. Part IX. The leaf oils of the Australian members of the genus Callitris (cupressaceae). Journal of essential oil research, 2007, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 57-71.
  5. BRECKNELL, DJ., CARMAN, RM. CALLITRIN, CALLITRISIN, DIHYDROCALLITRISIN, COLUMELLARIN AND DIHYDROCOLUMELLARIN, NEW SESQUITERPENE LACTONES FROM HEARTWOOD OF CALLITRIS-COLUMELLARIS. TETRAHEDRON LETTERS, 1978, no. 1, p. 73-76.

Boundary

A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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