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Dracocephalum moldavica

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 17 constituent measurements for Dracocephalum moldavica. 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: Dracocephalum moldavica L.

17Constituent measurements

0Safety records

4Cited 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
1,8-cineole	Unspecified	Essential oil	2.21 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Unspecified	Essential oil	≤ 1.5 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Alpha-thujone	Unspecified	Essential oil	≤ 1.9 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Apiole	Unspecified	Essential oil	≥ 0.9 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Apiole	Unspecified	Essential oil	≤ 5.1 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Beta-thujone	Unspecified	Essential oil	≤ 2.1 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Unspecified	Essential oil	≤ 6 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Unspecified	Essential oil	≥ 0.1 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Carvone	Unspecified	Essential oil	≤ 3.1 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Fenchone	Unspecified	Essential oil	≤ 23.7 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Fenchone	Unspecified	Essential oil	≥ 9.4 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Methyleugenol	Unspecified	Essential oil	≤ 3.4 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Methylisoeugenol	Unspecified	Essential oil	≤ 4.4 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Unspecified	Essential oil	≤ 1.6 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Unspecified	Essential oil	≥ 0.3 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Unspecified	Essential oil	12.9 Percent	Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC)	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.

Hussein, MS., EI-Sherbeny, SE., Khalil, MY., Naguib, NY., Aly, SM. Growth characters and chemical constituents of Dracocephalum moldavica L. plants in relation to compost fertilizer and planting distance . Scientia horticulturae, 2006, vol. 108, no. 3, p. 322-331. DOI
Aynehchi, Y., Sormaghi, M. H. Salehi., Amin, G. H., Soltani, A., Qumehr, N. Survey of Iranian plants for saponins, alkaloids, flavonoids and tannins. II. International Journal of Crude Drug Research, 1982, p. 61-70.
Kakasy, A. Z., Lemberkovics, E., Kursinszki, L., Janicsak, G., Szoke, E. Data to the phytochemical evaluation of Moldavian dragonhead (Dracocephalum moldavica L., Lamiaceae). Herba polonica, 2002, p. 112-119.
Kakasy, A. Z., Lemberkovics, E., Simandi, B., Lelik, L., Hethelyi, E., Antal, I., Szoke, E. Comparative study of traditional essential oil and supercritical fluid extracts of Moldavian dragonhead (Dracocephalum moldavica L.) . Flavour and fragrance journal, 2006, vol. 21, no. 4, p. 598-603. DOI

Boundary

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