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Myrtus communis

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 9 constituent measurements for Myrtus communis. 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: Myrtus communis L.

9Constituent measurements

0Safety records

3Cited sources

51Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 51 licensed products naming Myrtus communis 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.

Extract types on licence

Source material stated

Leaf
Leaf and twig
Leafy twigs
Leaves
Leaves and twigs
Myrtle - leaves
Myrtus communis - leaf
New material

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	≥ 27.2 Percent	GC-FID-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 29.6 Percent	GC-FID-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 23.9 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 25.7 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Eugenol	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	35.5 Percent	GC-FID-MS	Resolve DOI
Methyleugenol	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 0.8 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Methyleugenol	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 1 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	16.45 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Fenchyl alcohol	Leaves	Essential oil	8.34 Percent	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.

Abdelgaleil, S. A. M., Badawy, M. E. I., Shawir, M. S., Mohamed, M. I. E. Chemical Composition, Fumigant and Contact Toxicities of Essential Oils Isolated from Egyptian Plants Against the Stored Grain Insects; Sitophilus oryzae L. and Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) . Egyptian journal of biological pest control, 2015, vol. 25, no. 3, p. 639-647.
Aboutabl, E. A., Meselhy, K. M., Elkhreisy, E. M., Nassar, M. I., Fawzi, R. Composition and Bioactivity of Essential Oils from Leaves and Fruits of Myrtus communis and Eugenia supraxillaris (Myrtaceae) Grown in Egypt . Journal of essential oil bearing plants, 2011, vol. 14, no. 2, p. 192-200. DOI
Mimica-Dukic, Neda., Bugarin, Dusan., Grbovic, Slavenko., Mitic-Culafic, Dragana., Vukovic-Gacic, Branka., Orcic, Dejan., Jovin, Emilija., Couladis, Maria. Essential Oil of Myrtus communis L. as a Potential Antioxidant and Antimutagenic Agents . Molecules, 2010, vol. 15, no. 4, p. 2759-2770. DOI

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