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Pelargonium odoratissimum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 21 constituent measurements for Pelargonium odoratissimum. 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: Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) L'Hér.

21Constituent measurements

0Safety records

5Cited 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
3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Ellagitannins (hydrolysable tannins)	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Fenchone	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 2.5 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Fenchone	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 7.9 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Gallic acid	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Menthone	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 4.6 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Menthone	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 16.9 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Methyleugenol	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 79.8 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Methyleugenol	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 31.2 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Methyleugenol	Leaves	Essential oil	96.8 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Methylisoeugenol	Leaves	Essential oil	1.7 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
P-menth-1-en-3-one	Leaves	Essential oil	≥ 1.4 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
P-menth-1-en-3-one	Leaves	Essential oil	≤ 8.8 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins)	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Leaves	—	1.31 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Camphor	Live plants	Essential oil	≥ 0.1 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Camphor	Live plants	Essential oil	≤ 2.4 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Menthone	Live plants	Essential oil	≥ 15.1 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Menthone	Live plants	Essential oil	≤ 26.9 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Methyleugenol	Live plants	Essential oil	≤ 30.4 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Methyleugenol	Live plants	Essential oil	≥ 12.2 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.

Williams, CA., Newman, M., Gibby, M. The application of leaf phenolic evidence for systematic studies within the genus Pelargonium (Geraniaceae) . Biochemical systematics and ecology, 2000, vol. 28, no. 2, p. 119-132. DOI
Lis-Balchin, M., Roth, G. Composition of the essential oils of Pelargonium odoratissimum, P-exstipulatum, and P. x fragrans (Geraniaceae) and their bioactivity. FLAVOUR AND FRAGRANCE JOURNAL, 2000, vol. 15, no. 6, p. 391-394. DOI
Wang, Jian-gang. Analysis of volatile.Constitue ts from the fresh leaves of Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) L Her. ex Ait. by headspace solid-phase micro extraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Anhui nongye kexue, 2011, p. 10787-10789.
Khalid, Khalid A., Cai, Weiming., Ahmed, Aisha M. A. Effect of Harvesting Treatments and Distillation Methods on the Essential Oil of Lemon Balm and Apple Geranium Plants. JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL BEARING PLANTS, 2009, vol. 12, no. 2, p. 120-130.
Andrade, Milene A., Cardoso, Maria G., Batista, Luis R., Freire, Juliana M., Nelson, David L. Antimicrobial activity and chemical composition of essential oil of Pelargonium odoratissimum. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE FARMACOGNOSIA-BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOGNOSY, 2011, vol. 21, no. 1, p. 47-52. DOI

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