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Cedrus atlantica

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 11 constituent measurements for Cedrus atlantica. 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: Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) Manetti ex Carrière

11Constituent measurements

0Safety records

3Cited sources

96Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 96 licensed products naming Cedrus atlantica 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

Bark
Stem bark
Wood

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
Lariciresinol	Trunk	Oleo-gum-resin	≤ 33.7 Percent	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Lariciresinol	Trunk	Oleo-gum-resin	≥ 17.2 Percent	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Lariciresinol acetate	Trunk	Oleo-gum-resin	≤ 29.1 Percent	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Lariciresinol acetate	Trunk	Oleo-gum-resin	≥ 16.9 Percent	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Leaves	Essential oil	2.7 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Wood	Essential oil	0.1 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Stem / stalk	Essential oil	0.3 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Seed	Essential oil	≤ 3.6 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Seed	Essential oil	≥ 0.6 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Pinoresinol	Trunk	Oleo-gum-resin	≤ 38.9 Percent	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Pinoresinol	Trunk	Oleo-gum-resin	≥ 18.1 Percent	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	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.

Boudarene, L., Rahim, L., Baaliouamer, A., Meklati, BY. Analysis of Algerian essential oils from twigs, needles and wood of Cedrus atlantica G. Manetti by GC/MS. JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH, 2004, vol. 16, no. 6, p. 531-534.
Nam, Anne-Marie., Paoli, Mathieu., Castola, Vincent., Casanova, Joseph., Bighelli, Ange. Identification and Quantitative Determination of Lignans in Cedrus atlantica Resins using C-13 NMR Spectroscopy. NATURAL PRODUCT COMMUNICATIONS, 2011, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 379-385.
Boudarene, L., Baaliouamer, A., Meklati, BY., Scharff, C. Composition of the seed oils from Algerian Cedrus atlantica G. Manetti. JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH, 2004, vol. 16, no. 1, p. 61-63.

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