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Tagetes lucida

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Tagetes lucida. 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: Tagetes lucida Cav.

7Constituent measurements

1Safety records

4Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Tagetes florida Sweet

Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.

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

Effect types

Target tissues

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
Estragole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	33.9 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Methyleugenol	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	24.3 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Methylisoeugenol	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	2 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	1.3 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Herniarin	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Methyleugenol	Leaves	Essential oil	3.6 Percent	GC-FID	No resolvable identifier
Scoparone	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

Effect	Target tissue	Plant part	Preparation	Test organism	Test type	Source
Reproductive	Testes	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Subchronic	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.

Bicchi, Carlo., Fresia, Monica., Rubiolo, Patrizia., Monti, Diego., Franz, Chlodwig., Goehler, Irina. Constituents of Tagetes lucida Cav. ssp lucida Essential Oil. Flavour and fragrance journal, 1997, vol. 12, no. 1, p. 47-52. DOI
T�llez-L�pez, M.A., Trevi�o-Ne�vez, J.F., Verde-Star, M.J., Rivas-Morales, C., Oranday-C�rdenas, A., Moran-Mart�nez, J., Serrano-Gallardo, L.B., Morales-Rubio, M.E. Evaluation of the e!ect of methanol extract of Tagetes lucida on testicular function and sperm quality in male Wistar rats Evaluaci�n del efecto del extracto metan�lico de Tagetes lucida sobre la funci�n testicular y calidad esperm�tica en ratas macho Wistar . Revista mexicana de ciencias farmaceuticas, 2013, vol. 44, no. 4, p. 43-52.
Mejia-Barajas, J.A., Del Rio, R.E.N., Martinez-Mu�oz, R.E., Flores-Garcia, A., Martinez-Pacheco, M.M. Cytotoxic activity in Tagetes lucida Cav.. Emirates journal of food and agriculture, 2012, vol. 24, no. 2, p. 142-147.
Marotti, M., Piccaglia, R., Biavati, B., Marotti, H. Characterization and yield evaluation of essential oils from different Tagetes species . Journal of essential oil research, 2004, vol. 16, no. 5, p. 440-444.

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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