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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

5Constituent measurements
0Safety records
3Cited sources
4Licensed products (Canada)

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

  • Leaf

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.

SubstancePlant partPreparationConcentrationAnalytical methodSource
1,8-cineoleLeavesEssential oil87.32 PercentMass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatographyResolve DOI
1,8-cineoleLeavesEssential oil≤ 79 PercentGaschromatography (GC)Resolve DOI
1,8-cineoleLeavesEssential oil≥ 31 PercentGaschromatography (GC)Resolve DOI
CamphorLeavesEssential oil≤ 19.7 ppmGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
CamphorLeavesEssential oil≥ 3.1 ppmGC-MSNo 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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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

Boundary

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