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Helichrysum gymnocephalum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 10 constituent measurements for Helichrysum gymnocephalum. 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: Helichrysum gymnocephalum (DC.) Humbert

10Constituent measurements

0Safety records

3Cited 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	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	59.7 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 14.6 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 17.2 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
Eugenol	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 13.5 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
Eugenol	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 2.2 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	1 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 1 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	66.7 Percent	GC-MS/MS	No resolvable identifier
Cinnamaldehyde	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	1.1 Percent	GC-MS/MS	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	1.1 Percent	GC-MS/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.

Cavalli, JF., Ranarivelo, L., Ratsimbason, M., Bernardini, AF., Casanova, J. Constituents of the essential oil of six Helichrysum species from Madagascar . Flavour and fragrance journal, 2001, vol. 16, no. 4, p. 253-256. DOI
Moellenbeck, S., Koenig, T., Schreier, P., Schwab, W., Rajaonarivony, J., Ranarivelo, L. Chemical composition and analyses of enantiomers of essential oils from Madagascar . Flavour and fragrance journal, 1997, vol. 12, no. 2, p. 63-69.
De Medici, D., Pieretti, S., Salvatore, G., Nicoletti, M., Rasoanaivo, P. Chemical analysis of essential oils of malagasy medicinal plants by gas chromatography and NMR spectroscopy. Flavour and fragrance journal, 1992, vol. 7, no. 5, p. 275-281. DOI

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