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Cymbopogon nardus

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 5 constituent measurements for Cymbopogon nardus. 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 nardus (L.) Rendle

5Constituent measurements

0Safety records

4Cited sources

14Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 14 licensed products naming Cymbopogon nardus 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

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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
Alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Beta-selinene	Leaves	Essential oil	1.4 Percent	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
Eugenol	Leaves	Solvent extraction	2.51 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Eugenol	Leaves	Essential oil	1.3 Percent	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Leaves	Essential oil	1.4 Percent	GC-MS	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.

Koba, Koffi., Sanda, Komla., Guyon, Catherine., Raynaud, Christine., Chaumont, Jean-Pierre., Nicod, Laurence. In vitro cytotoxic activity of Cymbopogon citratus L. and Cymbopogon nardus L. essential oils from Togo . Bangladesh journal of pharmacology, 2009, vol. 4, no. 1, p. 29-34. DOI
Alves, M.S., Santos, D.P., Silva, L.C.P., Pontes, E.G., Souza, M.A.A. Essential Oils composition and toxicity tested by fumigation against Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) pest of stored cowpea. Revista virtual de quimica, 2015, vol. 7, no. 6, p. 2387-2399. DOI
Suwitchayanon, Prapaipit., Ohno, Osamu., Suenaga, Kiyotake., Kato-Noguchi, Hisashi. N-Octanoyl tyramine, a phytotoxic compound in the roots of Cymbopogon nardus . Acta physiologiae plantarum, 2017, vol. 39, no. 6. DOI
Chanthai, Saksit., Prachakoll, Sujitra., Ruangviriyachai, Chalerm., Luthria, Devanand L. Influence of Extraction Methodologies on the Analysis of Five Major Volatile Aromatic Compounds of Citronella Grass (Cymbopogon nardus) and Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) Grown in Thailand . Journal of aoac international, 2012, vol. 95, no. 3, p. 763-772. DOI

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