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Lavandula stoechas

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 63 constituent measurements for Lavandula stoechas. 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: Lavandula stoechas L.

63Constituent measurements

0Safety records

16Cited sources

2Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Lavandula stoechas subsp. stoechas

Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 2 licensed products naming Lavandula stoechas 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

Flower
Leaf extract

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
(-)-camphor	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 18.94 Percent Area	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
(-)-camphor	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 117.94 Percent Area	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 7.77 Percent Area	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 7.75 Percent Area	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Unspecified	Essential oil	≤ 17.8 Percent	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Solvent extraction	16.4 Percent Area	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 9.96 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 8 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	16.7 Percent	GC-FID-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Flowering top	Essential oil	≤ 17.28 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Flowering top	Essential oil	≥ 15.32 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Flower	Essential oil	5.9 Percent	GC-FID-MS	Resolve DOI
Alpha-thujone	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 66.88 Percent Area	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Alpha-thujone	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 64.68 Percent Area	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Beta-thujone	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 7.95 Percent	GC-FID-MS	Resolve DOI
Beta-thujone	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 9.96 Percent	GC-FID-MS	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Leaves	Essential oil	6.2 Percent	GC-FID-MS	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 8.41 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Leaves	Solvent extraction	28.12 Percent Area	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Unspecified	Essential oil	≥ 2.5 Percent	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Unspecified	Essential oil	≤ 56.2 Percent	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 10.49 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Flower	Essential oil	4.7 Percent	GC-FID-MS	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Flowering top	Essential oil	≥ 8.31 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Flowering top	Essential oil	≤ 11.39 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	22.4 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Fenchone	Flower	Essential oil	48.7 Percent	GC-FID-MS	Resolve DOI
Fenchone	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	31.6 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Fenchone	Flowering top	Essential oil	≥ 42.48 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Fenchone	Unspecified	Essential oil	≤ 75.5 Percent	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
Fenchone	Flowering top	Essential oil	≤ 47.9 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Fenchone	Leaves	Essential oil	44.8 Percent	GC-FID-MS	Resolve DOI
Fenchone	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 45.99 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Fenchone	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 49.41 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Fenchone	Leaves	Solvent extraction	2.87 Percent Area	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Fenchone	Unspecified	Essential oil	≥ 14.9 Percent	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
Lavandulyl acetate	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 1.08 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Lavandulyl acetate	Flowering top	Essential oil	≥ 3.12 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Lavandulyl acetate	Flowering top	Essential oil	≤ 3.4 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Lavandulyl acetate	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 0.7 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI

40 of 63 records are shown, ordered so that records carrying a resolvable reference come first.

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.

Inan, Memet., Kaya, Durmus Alpaslan., Albu, Madalina Georgiana. The Effect of Lavender Essential Oils on Collagen Hydrolysate. Revista de chimie, 2013, vol. 64, no. 9, p. 1037-1042.
Tzakou, Olga., Bazos, Ioannis., Yannitsaros, Artemios. Essential Oil Composition and Enantiomeric Distribution of Fenchone and Camphor of Lavandula cariensis and L. stoechas subsp stoechas grown in Greece . Natural product communications, 2009, vol. 4, no. 8, p. 1103-1106.
Zrira, S., Benjilali, B. The constituents of the oils of Lavandula stoechas L. ssp atlantica Br.-Bl. and L-stoechas ssp stoechas from Morocco . Journal of essential oil research, 2003, vol. 15, no. 2, p. 68-69.
Sertkaya, Erdal., Kaya, Kamuran., Soylu, Soner. Acaricidal activities of the essential oils from several medicinal plants against the carmine spider mite (Tetranychus cinnabarinus Boisd.) (Acarina: Tetranychidae) . Industrial crops and products, 2010, vol. 31, no. 1, p. 107-112. DOI
Saeed, M. Asif., Sabir, A. Waheed. Studies on the contact dermatitic properties of Pakistani medicinal plants. Part VI. Dermal Irritating properties of Lavandula stoechas L.. Marmara universitesi eczacilik dergisi, 1994, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 39-49.
Skoula, M., Abidi, C., Kokkalou, E. Essential oil variation of Lavandula stoechas L. ssp. stoechas growing wild in Crete (Greece) . Biochemical systematics and ecology, 1996, vol. 24, no. 3, p. 255-260. DOI
Hassiotis, Christos N., Dina, Evanthia I. THE INFLUENCE OF AROMATIC PLANTS ON MICROBIAL BIOMASS AND RESPIRATION IN A NATURAL ECOSYSTEM . Israel journal of ecology & evolution, 2010, vol. 56, no. 2, p. 181-196. DOI
Benabdelkader, Tarek., Guitton, Yann., Pasquier, Bernard., Magnard, Jean Louis., Jullien, Frederic., Kameli, Abdelkrim., Legendre, Laurent. Functional characterization of terpene synthases and chemotypic variation in three lavender species of section Stoechas . Physiologia plantarum, 2015, vol. 153, no. 1, p. 43-57. DOI
Ristorcelli, D., Tomi, F., Casanova, J. C-13-NMR as a tool for identification and enantiomeric differentiation of major terpenes exemplified by the essential oil of Lavandula stoechas L. ssp. stoechas . Flavour and fragrance journal, 1998, vol. 13, no. 3, p. 154-158. DOI
Hassiotis, Christos N. Chemical compounds and essential oil release through decomposition process from Lavandula stoechas in Mediterranean region . Biochemical systematics and ecology, 2010, vol. 38, no. 4, p. 493-501. DOI
Raina, Archana P., Negi, K. S. Comparative Essential Oil Composition of Lavendula species from India. Journal of herbs, spices & medicinal plants, 2012, vol. 18, no. 3, p. 268-273.
Takahashi, M., Satou, T., Ohashi, M., Hayashi, S., Sadamoto, K., Koike, K. Interspecies comparison of chemical composition and anxiolytic-like effects of lavender oils upon inhalation. Natural product communications, 2011, vol. 6, no. 11, p. 1769-1774.
Dob, T., Dahmane, D., Agli, M., Chelghoum, C. Essential oil composition of Lavandula stoechas from Algeria. Pharmaceutical biology, 2006, vol. 44, no. 1, p. 60-64. DOI
Msaada, Kamel., Salem, Nidhal., Tammar, Sonia., Hammami, Majdi., Saharkhiz, Mohamed Jamal., Debiche, Nizar., Limam, Ferid., Marzouk, Brahim. Essential Oil Composition of Lavandula dentata, L. stoechas and L. multifida Cultivated in Tunisia . Journal of essential oil bearing plants, 2012, vol. 15, no. 6, p. 1030-1039. DOI
Ebadollahi, Asgar., Safaralizadeh, Mohammad Hassan., Pourmirza, Ali Asghar., Ghosta, Youbert. Contact and fumigant toxicity of essential oils of Lavandula stoechas L. and Eucalyptus globulus Labill grown in Iran against Lasioderma serricorne F. . Biharean biologist, 2010, vol. 4, no. 1, p. 31-36.
Ebadollahi, Asgar., Safaralizadeh, Mohammad H., Pourmirza, Ali A. FUMIGANT TOXICITY OF LAVANDULA STOECHAS L. OIL AGAINST THREE INSECT PESTS ATTACKING STORED PRODUCTS . Journal of plant protection research, 2010, vol. 50, no. 1, p. 56-60.

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