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Styrax benzoin

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 2 constituent measurements for Styrax benzoin. 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: Styrax benzoin Dryand.

2Constituent measurements
0Safety records
1Cited sources
11Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 11 licensed products naming Styrax benzoin 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.

Source material stated

  • Balsam
  • Gum
  • Gum balsam
  • Resin
  • Sap resin
  • Stem bark

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Furan derivatives2

Plant parts

  • Bark1
  • Fruit unspecified1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction2

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
Furan derivativesBarkSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
Furan derivativesFruit unspecifiedSolvent 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. Yusof, H., Din, L.B., Yaacob, W.A. Benzofuran glycosides from styrax benzoin. Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences, 2014, vol. 18, no. 3, p. 676-682.

Boundary

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