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Plectranthus amboinicus

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements for Plectranthus amboinicus. 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: Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng.

6Constituent measurements

0Safety records

6Cited sources

5Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 5 licensed products naming Plectranthus amboinicus 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
Whole plant

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
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	1.07 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Quinine	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Live plants	—	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Thymoquinone	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Mass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatography	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	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.

Patel, Roshan., Mahobia, Naveen K., Gendle, Ravindra., Kaushik, Basant., Singh, Sudarshan K. Diuretic activity of leaves of Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour) Spreng in male albino rats.. Pharmacognosy research, 2010, vol. 2, no. 2, p. 86-8. DOI
Verma, Ram S., Padalia, Rajendra C., Chauhan, Amit. Essential Oil Composition of Coleus aromaticus Benth. from Uttarakhand. Journal of essential oil bearing plants, 2012, vol. 15, no. 2, p. 174-179. DOI
Pillai, P.G., Suresh, P., Aggarwal, G., Doshi, G., Bhatia, V. Pharmacognostical standardization and toxicity profile of the methanolic leaf extract of Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour) Spreng. Journal of applied pharmaceutical science, 2011, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 76-81.
Chen, Yuan-Siao., Yu, Hui-Ming., Shie, Jiun-Jie., Cheng, Ting-Jen Rachel., Wu, Chung-Yi., Fang, Jim-Min., Wong, Chi-Huey. Chemical constituents of Plectranthus amboinicus and the synthetic analogs possessing anti-inflammatory activity . Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2014, vol. 22, no. 5, p. 1766-1772. DOI
El-Hawary, S.S., El-Sofany, R.H., Abdel-Monem, A.R., Ashour, R.S. Phytochemical screening, DNA fingerprinting, and nutritional value of Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) spreng. Pharmacognosy Journal, 2012, vol. 4, no. 30, p. 10-13. DOI
Garc�a Mili�n, A.J., Avila P�rez, Y., Alonso Carbonell, L., L�pez Puig, P., Karelia Ruiz Salvador, A., Mor�n Rodr�guez, F. Adverse reactions reported by consumption of natural products in Cuba during 2003 and 2007 Reacciones adversas reportadas por consumo de productos naturales en Cuba durante 2003 y 2007 . Revista cubana de plantas medicinales, 2009, vol. 14, no. 1.

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