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Schinus molle

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 5 constituent measurements for Schinus molle. 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: Schinus molle L.

5Constituent measurements

0Safety records

3Cited 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
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	1.9 Gram/kilogram	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	10.3 Gram/kilogram	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Fruit unspecified	Essential oil	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Fruit unspecified	Essential oil	≤ 42 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Fruit unspecified	Essential oil	≥ 26.4 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.

Jennings, Walter G., Bernhard, Richard A. Identification of components of the essential oil from the California pepper tree (Schinus molle). Chemie, mikrobiologie, technologie der lebensmittel, 1975, p. 95-96.
Huaman, Yanet., de la Cruz, Otilia Acha., Bosilcov, Alin., Batiu, Ioan. Essential oil from the fruits of Schinus molle L. from Peru. Journal of essential oil-bearing plants, 2004, p. 223-227.
Salem, AZM., Salem, MZM., El-Adawy, MM., Robinson, PH. Nutritive evaluations of some browse tree foliages during the dry season: Secondary compounds, feed intake and in vivo digestibility in sheep and goats. ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2006, vol. 127, no. 3-4, p. 251-267. DOI

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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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