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Juniperus ashei

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 8 constituent measurements for Juniperus ashei. 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: Juniperus ashei J.Buchholz

8Constituent measurements
0Safety records
2Cited 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

  • Camphor3
  • Myrcene3
  • Proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins)2

Plant parts

  • Leaves8

Preparations

  • Essential oil6

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
CamphorLeavesEssential oil≤ 46.79 PercentGC-MSResolve DOI
CamphorLeavesEssential oil68.5 PercentGC-MSResolve DOI
CamphorLeavesEssential oil≥ 45.49 PercentGC-MSResolve DOI
MyrceneLeavesEssential oil1.6 PercentGC-MSResolve DOI
MyrceneLeavesEssential oil≥ 1.87 PercentGC-MSResolve DOI
MyrceneLeavesEssential oil≤ 2.6 PercentGC-MSResolve DOI
Proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins)Leaves≥ 8.61 PercentTraditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)Resolve DOI
Proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins)Leaves≤ 9.06 PercentTraditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)Resolve DOI

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. Adams, Robert P., Muir, James P., Taylor, Charles A., Whitney, Travis R. Differences in chemical composition between browsed and non-browsed Juniperus ashei Buch. Trees . Biochemical systematics and ecology, 2013, vol. 46, p. 73-78. DOI
  2. Adams, R.P., Von Rudloff, E., Zanoni, T.A., Hogge, L. The terpenoids of an ancestral/advanced species pair of Juniperus. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 1980, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 35-37. DOI

Boundary

A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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