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Cymbopogon martini

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 1 constituent measurement and 1 genotoxicity assay for Cymbopogon martini. 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: Cymbopogon martini (Roxb.) W.Watson

1Constituent measurements

1Safety records

3Cited sources

38Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 38 licensed products naming Cymbopogon martini 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

Grass(es)
Herb top
Leaf

What the records describe

Constituents measured

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
Cinnamaldehyde	—	—	—	—	Resolve DOI

Genotoxicity testing

Outcomes of genotoxicity assays as recorded in the source. A negative assay is a result under those test conditions, not a clearance.

Outcome	Endpoint	Test	Tested organism	Metabolic activation	Source
Positive	DNA damage and/or repair	other	Human (as organism)	—	Resolve DOI

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.

Khan, Mohd Sajjad Ahmad., Malik, Abida., Ahmad, Iqbal. Anti-candidal activity of essential oils alone and in combination with amphotericin B or fluconazole against multi-drug resistant isolates of Candida albicans . Medical mycology, 2012, vol. 50, no. 1, p. 33-42. DOI
Llana-Ruiz-Cabello, M., Pichardo, S., Maisanaba, S., Puerto, M., Prieto, A.I., Guti�rrez-Praena, D., Jos, A., Came�n, A.M. In vitro toxicological evaluation of essential oils and their main compounds used in active food packaging: A review. Food and chemical toxicology, 2015, vol. 81, p. 9-27. DOI
Llana-Ruiz-Cabello, M., Pichardo, S., Maisanaba, S., Puerto, M., Prieto, A.I., Gutiérrez-Praena, D., Jos, A., Cameán, A.M. In vitro toxicological evaluation of essential oils and their main compounds used in active food packaging: A review. Food and chemical toxicology, 2015, vol. 81, p. 9-27. 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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