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Hierochloe odorata

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements for Hierochloe odorata. 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: Hierochloe odorata (L.) P.Beauv.

6Constituent 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
Coumarins	Leaves	Super-critical gas extraction	20.31 Percent	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Coumarins	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Coumarin	Aerial part of plants	—	≥ 0.38 Percent	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Coumarin	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Coumarin	Aerial part of plants	—	≤ 0.51 Percent	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Furfural	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	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.

Sulma, Tadeusz., Wierzchowska-Renke, Krystyna. Hierochloe grass. II. Coumarin content in Hierochloe odorata and Hierochloe australis grass during vegetation. Acta poloniae pharmaceutica, 1973, p. 317-323.
Grigonis, D., Venskutonis, PR., Sivik, B., Sandahl, M., Eskilsson, CS. Comparison of different extraction techniques for isolation of antioxidants from sweet grass (Hierochloe odorata). JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, 2005, vol. 33, no. 3, p. 223-233. DOI
Slapsyte, Grazina., Dedonyte, Veronika., Lazutka, Juozas R., Mierauskiene, Jurate., Morkunas, Vaidotas., Kazernaviciute, Rita., Pukalskas, Audrius., Venskutonis, Petras Rimantas. Evaluation of the Biological Activity of Naturally Occurring 5,8-Dihydroxycoumarin. MOLECULES, 2013, vol. 18, no. 4, p. 4419-4436. DOI
Ueyama, Yoshitaka., Arai, Toshiyuki., Hashimoto, Seiji. Volatile constituents of ethanol extracts of Hierochloe odorata L. var. pubescens Kryl. Flavour and fragrance journal, 1991, p. 63-68.

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