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Phoenix dactylifera

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 5 constituent measurements for Phoenix dactylifera. 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: Phoenix dactylifera L.

5Constituent measurements
0Safety records
2Cited sources
36Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 36 licensed products naming Phoenix dactylifera 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

  • Dry

Source material stated

  • Dried fruit
  • Fresh fruit
  • Fruit
  • Fruit concentrate
  • New material
  • Phoenix dactylifera

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Furan derivatives2
  • Acetaldehyde1
  • Octanal1
  • Steroidal saponins1

Plant parts

  • Fruit unspecified4
  • Leaves1

Preparations

  • Essential oil4
  • Solvent extraction1

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
AcetaldehydeFruit unspecifiedEssential oilGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
Furan derivativesFruit unspecifiedEssential oilGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
Furan derivativesFruit unspecifiedEssential oilGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
OctanalFruit unspecifiedEssential oilGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
Steroidal saponinsLeavesSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)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.

  1. Narain, Narendra., Zaid, A., Hegarty, V., AlKaabi, HHS. Volatile compounds in date palm fruit. Proceedings of the iiird international date palm conference, 2007, no. 736, p. 261-266.
  2. ASAMI, A., HIRAI, Y., SHOJI, J. STUDIES ON THE CONSTITUENTS OF PALMAE PLANTS .6. STEROID SAPONINS AND FLAVONOIDS OF LEAVES OF PHOENIX-CANARIENSIS HORT EX CHABAUD, P-HUMILIS ROYLE VAR HANCEANA BECC P-DACTYLIFERA L, AND LICUALA-SPINOSA WURMB . Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin, 1991, vol. 39, no. 8, p. 2053-2056.

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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