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Citrus japonica

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 15 constituent measurements for Citrus japonica. 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: Citrus japonica Thunb.

15Constituent measurements

0Safety records

6Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Fortunella japonica (Thunb.) Swingle
Citrus madurensis Lour.

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

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
Beta-asarone	Leaves	Essential oil	5 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Eugenol	Leaves	Essential oil	14.8 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Fruit peel	Essential oil	1.84 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Fruit unspecified	Essential oil	≥ 1.3 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Fruit unspecified	Essential oil	≤ 2.1 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Auraptene	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	HPLC with standard detection methods	No resolvable identifier
Biochanin-a	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	106.3 Nanogram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	No resolvable identifier
Daidzin	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	92.2 Nanogram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	No resolvable identifier
Formononetin	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	387 Nanogram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	No resolvable identifier
Genistein	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	27.6 Nanogram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	No resolvable identifier
Genistin	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	63.5 Nanogram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Fruit peel	Essential oil	6.3 Percent	GC-FID-MS	No resolvable identifier
Prunetin	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	168.1 Nanogram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	No resolvable identifier
Sissotrin	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	55.2 Nanogram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	No resolvable identifier
Umbelliferone	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	HPLC with standard detection methods	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.

Koblovska, Radka., Mackova, Zuzana., Vitkova, Michaela., Kokoska, Ladislav., Klejdus, Borivoj., Lapcik, Oldrich. Isoflavones in the Rutaceae family: twenty selected representatives of the genera Citrus, Fortunella, Poncirus, Ruta and Severinia. Phytochemical analysis, 2008, p. 64-70.
Mercolini, Laura., Mandrioli, Roberto., Ferranti, Anna., Sorella, Vittorio., Protti, Michele., Epifano, Francesco., Curini, Massimo., Raggi, Maria Augusta. Quantitative Evaluation of Auraptene and Umbelliferone, Chemopreventive Coumarins in Citrus Fruits, by HPLC-UV-FL-MS. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2013, p. 1694-1701.
Satyal, Prabodh., Paudel, Prajwal., Limbu, Kuber., Setzer, William N. Leaf Essential Oil Composition of Citrus japonica from Nepal. JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL BEARING PLANTS, 2012, vol. 15, no. 3, p. 357-359. DOI
Choi, HS. Characteristic odor components of kumquat (Fortunella japonica swingle) peel oil. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY, 2005, vol. 53, no. 5, p. 1642-1647. DOI
Quijano, Clara E., Pino, Jorge A. Volatile Compounds of Round Kumquat (Fortunella japonica Swingle) Peel Oil From Colombia. JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH, 2009, vol. 21, no. 6, p. 483-485.
UMANO, K., HAGI, Y., TAMURA, T., SHOJI, A., SHIBAMOTO, T. IDENTIFICATION OF VOLATILE COMPOUNDS ISOLATED FROM ROUND KUMQUAT (FORTUNELLA-JAPONICA SWINGLE). JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY, 1994, vol. 42, no. 9, p. 1888-1890. DOI

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