Botanical species · safety record

Cananga odorata

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 35 constituent measurements and 4 adverse-effect records for Cananga odorata. 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: Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson

35Constituent measurements
4Safety records
12Cited sources
90Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 90 licensed products naming Cananga odorata 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.

Source material stated

  • Cananga odorata - Flower
  • Flower
  • Ylang ylang

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Lignans3
  • Myrcene3
  • Alkaloids2
  • Aporphine alkaloids2
  • Benzyl salicylate2
  • Eugenol2
  • Isoquinoline alkaloids2
  • Liriodenine2
  • Methyl salicylate2
  • Myristicin2

Plant parts

  • Fruit unspecified10
  • Seed9
  • Unspecified8
  • Bark3
  • Bud3
  • Leaves3
  • Flower1
  • Fruit peel1
  • Roots and other underground parts1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction28
  • Essential oil8
  • Powder1

Effect types

  • Reproductive2

Target tissues

  • Neurologic2
  • Testes2

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
AlkaloidsBarkSolvent extractionStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
Aporphine alkaloidsFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
Isoquinoline alkaloidsFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
LignansBudSolvent extraction0.0038 PercentHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
LignansBudSolvent extraction0.0015 PercentHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
LignansBudSolvent extraction0.052 PercentHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
LiriodenineBarkSolvent extractionStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
MoupinamideFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
Pyridine alkaloidsFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
Quinoline alkaloidsFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
1,8-cineoleLeavesSolvent extraction2.04 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
AlkaloidsFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionPhytochemical screeningNo resolvable identifier
AnonaineSeedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
AnthraquinonesSeedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
Aporphine alkaloidsSeedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
AsimilobineSeedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
Benzyl salicylateUnspecifiedEssential oil≥ 1.9 PercentUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
Benzyl salicylateUnspecifiedEssential oil≤ 5.2 PercentUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
CamphorLeavesSolvent extraction3.23 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
EugenolFlowerEssential oil6.65 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
EugenolLeavesPowder8.86 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
Isoquinoline alkaloidsSeedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
LiriodenineSeedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
Methyl salicylateUnspecifiedEssential oil≤ 1.34 PercentUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
Methyl salicylateUnspecifiedEssential oil≥ 0.1 PercentUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
MyrceneUnspecifiedEssential oil≤ 1 PercentUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
MyrceneUnspecifiedEssential oil≥ 0.1 PercentUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
MyrceneFruit peelEssential oil24.7 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
MyristicinUnspecified≤ 8.21 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
MyristicinUnspecified≥ 0.033 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
N-acetylnornuciferineSeedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
NornuciferineSeedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
ReticulineSeedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
SaponinsFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionPhytochemical screeningNo resolvable identifier
TanninsFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionPhytochemical screeningNo resolvable identifier

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

EffectTarget tissuePlant partPreparationTest organismTest typeSource
ReproductiveTestesBarkSolvent extractionRat (as animal)Reproduction toxicityResolve DOI
ReproductiveTestesRoots and other underground partsSolvent extractionRat (as animal)Reproduction toxicityNo resolvable identifier
Not statedNeurologicFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionRat (as animal)Not reportedNo resolvable identifier
Not statedNeurologicFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionRat (as animal)Not reportedNo 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. Wang, Lai-Hao., Chen, Jun-Xian., Wang, Chia-Chen. Rapid quantitative analysis of suspected fragrance allergens in between commercial essential oils and using attenuated total reflectance-infrared (ATR-IR) spectroscopy. Journal of essential oil research, 2014, vol. 26, no. 3, p. 185-196.
  2. Maniyar, Y.A., Janaki Devi, C.H. Evaluation of analgesic activity of ethanolic extract of cananga odorata lam in experimental animals. International journal of pharma and bio sciences, 2015, vol. 6, no. 2, p. P467-P474.
  3. Hsieh, TJ., Chang, FR., Wu, YC. The constituents of Cananga odorata. Journal of the chinese chemical society, 1999, vol. 46, no. 4, p. 607-611.
  4. Hsieh, TJ., Chang, FR., Chia, YC., Chen, CY., Chin, HF., Wu, YC. Cytotoxic constituents of the fruits of Cananga odorata. Journal of natural products, 2001, vol. 64, no. 5, p. 616-619. DOI
  5. Pankajakshy, Anitha., Madambath, Indira. Spermatotoxic effects of Cananga odorata (Lam): a comparison with gossypol . Fertility and sterility, 2009, vol. 91, no. 5, p. 2243-2246. DOI
  6. Ekundayo, Olusegun. A review of the volatiles of the Annonaceae. Journal of essential oil research, 1989, vol. 1, no. 5, p. 223-45.
  7. Boyom, F. Fekam., Zollo, P. H. Amvam., Menut, C., Lamaty, G., Bessiere, J. M. Aromatic plants of tropical central Africa. Part XXVII. Comparative study of the volatile constituents five Annonaceae species growing in Cameroon . Flavour and fragrance journal, 1996, vol. 11, no. 6, p. 333-338.
  8. RAO, JUM., GIRI, GS., HANUMAIAH, T., RAO, KVJ. SAMPANGINE, A NEW ALKALOID FROM CANANGA-ODORATA. Journal of natural products, 1986, vol. 49, no. 2, p. 346-347. DOI
  9. Matsumoto, Takahiro., Nakamura, Seikou., Nakashima, Souichi., Fujimoto, Katsuyoshi., Yoshikawa, Masayuki., Ohta, Tomoe., Ogawa, Keiko., Matsuda, Hisashi. Lignan Dicarboxylates and Terpenoids from the Flower Buds of Cananga odorata and Their Inhibitory Effects on Melanogenesis . Journal of natural products, 2014, vol. 77, no. 4, p. 990-999. DOI
  10. Anitha, P., Indira, M. Impact of feeding ethanolic extract of root bark of Cananga odorata (Lam) on reproductive functions in male rats . Indian journal of experimental biology, 2006, vol. 44, no. 12, p. 976-980.
  11. Cheng, Jun., Yang, Kai., Zhao, Na Na., Wang, Xuan Gao., Wang, Shu Ying., Liu, Zhi Long. Composition and insecticidal activity of the essential oil of Cananga odorata leaves against Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of medicinal plants research, 2012, vol. 6, no. 18, p. 3482-3486.
  12. Muchjajib, U., Muchjajib, S., Mathe, A., Barata, AM., Carlen, C., Craker, L. Effect of Picking Time on Essential Oil Yield of Ylang-Ylang (Cananga odorata) . Xxviii international horticultural congress on science and horticulture for people (ihc2010): a new look at medicinal and aromatic plants seminar, 2011, vol. 925, p. 243-248.

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