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Cryptomeria japonica

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 3 constituent measurements for Cryptomeria 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: Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) D.Don

3Constituent measurements

0Safety records

3Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

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
Myrcene	Leaves	Essential oil	1.55 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Labdane diterpenes	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Lignans	Bark	Solvent extraction	—	GC-MS	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.

SU, WC., FANG, JM., CHENG, YS. LABDANES FROM CRYPTOMERIA-JAPONICA. Phytochemistry, 1994, vol. 37, no. 4, p. 1109-1114.
Matsui, Takanao., Matsushita, Yoh-ichi., Sugamoto, Kazuhiro., Doira, Shunsuke. Analysis of steaming solution obtained by the steaming treatment of Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) wood II. Memoirs of the faculty of engineering, miyazaki university, 2009, p. 79-86.
Cheng, Seng-Sung., Lin, Chun-Ya., Chung, Min-Jay., Chang, Shang-Tzen. Chemical Composition and Antitermitic Activity against Coptotermes formosanus SHIRAKI of Cryptomeria japonica Leaf Essential Oil . Chemistry & biodiversity, 2012, vol. 9, no. 2, p. 352-358. DOI

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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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