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Eucalyptus polybractea
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 5 constituent measurements for Eucalyptus polybractea. 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: Eucalyptus polybractea F.Muell ex R.T.Baker
Regulatory presence
Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 4 licensed products naming Eucalyptus polybractea 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
What the records describe
Constituents measured
- 1,8-cineole3
- Camphor2
Plant parts
- Leaves5
Preparations
- Essential oil5
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 | Leaves | Essential oil | 87.32 Percent | Mass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatography | Resolve DOI |
| 1,8-cineole | Leaves | Essential oil | ≤ 79 Percent | Gaschromatography (GC) | Resolve DOI |
| 1,8-cineole | Leaves | Essential oil | ≥ 31 Percent | Gaschromatography (GC) | Resolve DOI |
| Camphor | Leaves | Essential oil | ≤ 19.7 ppm | GC-MS | No resolvable identifier |
| Camphor | Leaves | Essential oil | ≥ 3.1 ppm | 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.
- Cornwell, Charles P., Lassak, Erich V. Camphor in Commercial and Potentially Commercial Oils of Eucalyptus Species and Other Myrtaceae . Journal of essential oil research, 2010, vol. 22, no. 1, p. 59-65.
- Wildy, DT., Pate, JS., Bartle, JR. Variations in composition and yield of leaf oils from alley-farmed oil mallees (Eucalyptus spp.) at a range of contrasting sites in the Western Australian wheatbelt . Forest ecology and management, 2000, vol. 134, no. 1-3, p. 205-217. DOI
- Goodger, Jason Q. D., Mitchell, Madeline C., Woodrow, Ian E. Differential patterns of mono- and sesquiterpenes with leaf ontogeny influence pharmaceutical oil yield in Eucalyptus polybractea RT Baker . Trees-structure and function, 2013, vol. 27, no. 3, p. 511-521. DOI
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