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Cistus ladanifer

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 17 constituent measurements for Cistus ladanifer. 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: Cistus ladanifer L.

17Constituent measurements

0Safety records

8Cited sources

4Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Cistus viscosus Stokes
Cistus ladanosma Hoffmanns.

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

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 4 licensed products naming Cistus ladanifer 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

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
2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexanone	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≤ 250.4 Microgram/litre	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexanone	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≥ 25 Microgram/litre	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethan-1-ol	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	HPLC with standard detection methods	Resolve DOI
4-hydroxybenzoic acid	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	HPLC with standard detection methods	Resolve DOI
Gallic acid	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	HPLC with standard detection methods	Resolve DOI
P-coumaric acid	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	HPLC with standard detection methods	Resolve DOI
Proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins)	Aerial part of plants	—	≥ 2.5 Percent	—	Resolve DOI
Proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins)	Aerial part of plants	—	≤ 16.3 Percent	—	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	300 Gram/kilogram	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Solvent extraction	19.3 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
4-hydroxybenzoic acid	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Diterpenes	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	HPLC with standard detection methods	No resolvable identifier
Iso-pinocamphone	Leaves	Essential oil	10.6 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	No resolvable identifier
Naphthalene derivatives	Leaves	Essential oil	4.5 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	No resolvable identifier
Oxalic acid	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
P-coumaric acid	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Toluene	Leaves	Essential oil	7.6 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	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.

Chaves, N., Sosa, T., Alias, JC., Escudero, JC. Identification and effects of interaction phytotoxic compounds from exudate of cistus ladanifer leaves . Journal of chemical ecology, 2001, vol. 27, no. 3, p. 611-621.
Li, Guang., Zheng, Yaoqing., Sun, Yiliang., Liu, Mixin., Wu, Zhuping. Study on the fragrant volatilized constituents of Cistus ladanifer. Fenxi ceshi tongbao, 1991, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 12-18.
Herranz, Jose M., Ferrandis, Pablo., Copete, Miguel A., Duro, Esmeralda M., Zalacain, Amaya. Effect of allelopathic compounds produced by Cistus ladanifer on germination of 20 Mediterranean taxa . Plant ecology, 2006, vol. 184, no. 2, p. 259-272. DOI
Chaves, N., Sosa, T., Valares, C., Alias, J. C. Routes of incorporation of phytotoxic compounds of Cistus ladanifer L. into soil . Allelopathy journal, 2015, vol. 36, no. 1, p. 25-36.
Teixeira, Salome., Mendes, Adelio., Alves, Arminda., Santos, Lucia. Simultaneous distillation-extraction of high-value volatile compounds from Cistus ladanifer L. . Analytica chimica acta, 2007, vol. 584, no. 2, p. 439-446. DOI
Dentinho, M. T. P., Moreira, O. C., Pereira, M. S., Bessa, R. J. B. The use of a tannin crude extract from Cistus ladanifer L. to protect soya-bean protein from degradation in the rumen . Animal, 2007, vol. 1, no. 5, p. 645-650. DOI
Morales, Rodrigo., Ungerfeld, Emilio M. Use of tannins to improve fatty acids profile of meat and milk quality in ruminants: A review . Chilean journal of agricultural research, 2015, vol. 75, no. 2, p. 239-248. DOI
Viuda-Martos, Manuel., Sendra, Esther., Perez-Alvarez, Jose A., Fernandez-Lopez, Juana., Amensour, Mahassine., Abrini, Jamal. Identification of Flavonoid Content and Chemical Composition of the Essential Oils of Moroccan Herbs: Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.), Rockrose (Cistus ladanifer L.) and Montpellier cistus (Cistus monspeliensis L.) . Journal of essential oil research, 2011, vol. 23, no. 2, p. 1-9.

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