EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Meum athamanticum Jacq.

Family:: Apiaceae
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 77
Number of processed references:: 4

Compositions

#1: Ligustilide #2: Butylidenephthalide #3: Myristicin #4: Myrcene #5: 3-Butylidenephthalide #6: ligustilide #7: Myrcene #8: Benzofuran derivatives

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: Stahl, Egon., Bohrmann, Hans. Phthalides, chief constituents of the essential oil of Meum athamanticum fruits. naturwissenschaften, 1967 . .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Fruit unspecified (as part-nature) (A067D)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Substance:

ligustilide (RF-00003900-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Chromatographic tests (F015A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Ligustilide

Composition #2: Stahl, Egon., Bohrmann, Hans. Phthalides, chief constituents of the essential oil of Meum athamanticum fruits. naturwissenschaften, 1967 . .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Fruit unspecified (as part-nature) (A067D)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Substance:

3-Butylidenephthalide 3-Butylidenephthalide (RF-00001798-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Chromatographic tests (F015A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Butylidenephthalide

Composition #3: Hethelyi, Eva B., Galambosi, Bertalan. GC and GC-MS study of essential all of a new spice species, Meim athamanticum Jacq.. olaj, szappan, kozmetika, 2003, p. 18–24. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Seed (as part-nature) (A066P)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Substance:

myristicin (RF-00003941-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

1.6
Internal remarks:

Myristicin

Composition #4: Tirillini, B., Pellegrino, R., Menghini, A., Tomaselli, B. Essential oil components in the epigeous and hypogeous parts of Meum athamanticum Jacq.. journal of essential oil research, 1999, vol. 11, no. 2, p. 251–252. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Live plants (as part-nature) (A0BA0)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Substance:

myrcene (RF-00003503-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

1.9-4.2
Internal remarks:

Myrcene

Composition #5: Tirillini, B., Pellegrino, R., Menghini, A., Tomaselli, B. Essential oil components in the epigeous and hypogeous parts of Meum athamanticum Jacq.. journal of essential oil research, 1999, vol. 11, no. 2, p. 251–252. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Roots and other underground parts (as part-nature) (A067M)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Substance:

3-Butylidenephthalide 3-Butylidenephthalide (RF-00001798-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

6.3
Internal remarks:

3-Butylidenephthalide

Composition #6: Tirillini, B., Pellegrino, R., Menghini, A., Tomaselli, B. Essential oil components in the epigeous and hypogeous parts of Meum athamanticum Jacq.. journal of essential oil research, 1999, vol. 11, no. 2, p. 251–252. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Roots and other underground parts (as part-nature) (A067M)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Substance:

ligustilide (RF-00003900-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

36.2
Internal remarks:

ligustilide

Composition #7: Tesso, Hailemichael., Kubeczka, Karl-Heinz., Koenig, Wilfried A. A new phthalide from the essential oil of Meum athamanticum. flavour and fragrance journal, 2006, vol. 21, no. 4, p. 622–625. DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1629. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Aerial part of plants (as part-nature) (A166F)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Substance:

myrcene (RF-00003503-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

13.4
Internal remarks:

Myrcene

Composition #8: Tesso, Hailemichael., Kubeczka, Karl-Heinz., Koenig, Wilfried A. A new phthalide from the essential oil of Meum athamanticum. flavour and fragrance journal, 2006, vol. 21, no. 4, p. 622–625. DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1629. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Aerial part of plants (as part-nature) (A166F)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Substance:

furan derivatives (RF-00004396-PAR)
Additional substance description:

Benzofuran derivatives: (3Z),(2′E)-3-but-2′-enylidene-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrophthalide
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

3.5
Internal remarks:

Benzofuran derivatives