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Kunzea ambigua

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements for Kunzea ambigua. 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: Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce

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
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 14.3 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 5.6 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Epoxides	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 3.6 Percent	GC-FID-MS	No resolvable identifier
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 14.5 Percent	GC-FID-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.

Thomas, J., Webb, C. E., Narkowicz, C., Jacobson, G. A., Peterson, G. M., Davies, N. W., Russell, R. C. Evaluation of Repellent Properties of Volatile Extracts From the Australian Native Plant Kunzea ambigua Against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culcidae) . Journal of medical entomology, 2009, vol. 46, no. 6, p. 1387-1391. DOI
Thomas, J., Narkowicz, C. K., Jacobson, G. A., Davies, N. W. An Examination of the Essential Oils of Tasmanian Kunzea ambigua, Other Kunzea spp. and Commercial Kunzea Oil . Journal of essential oil research, 2010, vol. 22, no. 5, p. 381-385.
Kasajima, Naoki., Ito, Hideyuki., Hatano, Tsutomu., Yoshida, Takashi. Phloroglucinol diglycosides accompanying hydrolyzable tannins from Kunzea ambigua. PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 2008, vol. 69, no. 18, p. 3080-3086. DOI
Ito, H., Iwamori, H., Kasajima, N., Kaneda, M., Yoshida, T. Kunzeanones A, B, and C: novel alkylated phloroglucinol metabolites from Kunzea ambigua. TETRAHEDRON, 2004, vol. 60, no. 44, p. 9971-9976. DOI

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