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Micromeria biflora

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements for Micromeria biflora. 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: Micromeria biflora (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Benth.

6Constituent measurements
0Safety records
2Cited sources
0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

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

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

  • Camphor2
  • (+)-pulegone1
  • 1,8-cineole1
  • Menthone1
  • Verbenone1

Plant parts

  • Aerial part of plants3
  • Unspecified3

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
1,8-cineoleAerial part of plantsEssential oil1.92 PercentGaschromatography (GC)Resolve DOI
CamphorAerial part of plantsEssential oil3.89 PercentGaschromatography (GC)Resolve DOI
VerbenoneAerial part of plantsEssential oil1.53 PercentGaschromatography (GC)Resolve DOI
(+)-pulegoneUnspecifiedEssential oil56 PercentUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
CamphorUnspecifiedEssential oil25 PercentUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
MenthoneUnspecifiedEssential oil56.7 PercentUnspecifiedNo 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.

  1. Vagionas, K., Graikou, K., Ngassapa, O., Runyoro, D., Chinou, I. Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils of three Satureja species growing in Tanzania. FOOD CHEMISTRY, 2007, vol. 103, no. 2, p. 319-324. DOI
  2. Rovesti, Paul. Essential oils extracted from physiological varieties of Micromeria abyssinica Benth. and of Micromeria biflora Benth.. Industries de la parfumerie, 1952, p. 165-168.

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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