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Tanacetum annuum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 10 constituent measurements for Tanacetum annuum. 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: Tanacetum annuum L.

10Constituent measurements

0Safety records

5Cited 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
Camphor	Flower	Solvent extraction	10 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Germacranolide	Flower	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 1.7 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
1,8-cineole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 0.4 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Camphor	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 3.9 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Camphor	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 18 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Guaianolides	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Shoot	Essential oil	6 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 13.8 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 1.1 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.

Greche, H., Ismaili-Alaoui, M., Hajjaji, N., Zrira, S., Belanger, A., Benjilau, B. Identification of five sesquiterpene lactones in volatile fraction from concrete of Moroccan tansy (Tanacetum annuum L.). Rivista italiana eppos, 1998, p. 676-682.
Greche, H., Hajjaji, N., Ismaili-Alaoui, M., Mrabet, N., Benjilali, B. Chemical composition and antifungal properties of the essential oil of Tanacetum annuum . Journal of essential oil research, 2000, vol. 12, no. 1, p. 122-124.
Greche, H., Ismaili-Alaoui, M., Zrira, S., Benjilali, B., Belanger, A., Hajjaji, N. Composition of Tanacetum annuum L. oil from Morocco. Journal of essential oil research, 1999, vol. 11, no. 3, p. 343-348.
BARRERO, AF., SANCHEZ, JF., BARRON, A., RAMIREZ, A. BIOMIMETIC CYCLIZATIONS OF A GERMACRANOLIDE FROM TANACETUM-ANNUUM. PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 1992, vol. 31, no. 1, p. 332-335. DOI
BARRERO, AF., SANCHEZ, JF., ALTAREJOS, J., ZAFRA, MJ. HOMODITERPENES FROM THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF TANACETUM-ANNUUM. Phytochemistry, 1992, vol. 31, no. 5, p. 1727-1730. DOI

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