EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Santolina chamaecyparissus L.

Family:: Asteraceae (Compositae)
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 178
Number of processed references:: 5

Compositions

#1: Alkaloids in stem or twigs. #2: Catechol tannins #3: Myrcene in aerial parts essential oil #4: 1,8-cineole in aerial parts essential oil #5: 1,8-cineole in flower heads #6: Camphor in flower heads #7: artemisia ketone in essential oil from the leaves

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: Hultin, Eskil. Alkaloid-screening of plants from Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum. acta chemica scandinavica, 1965, p. 1297–1300. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Stem / stalk (as part-nature) (A067S)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

chloroform and ethanol
Substance:

Alkaloids (RF-00004360-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry (F008A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Alkaloids in stem or twigs.

Composition #2: Iglesias, J., Adzet, T., Torrent, M. T., San Martin, R. Phytochemical studies on Santolina chamaecyparissus. revista de la real academia de farmacia de barcelona, 1973, p. 5–13. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Unspecified (A07XD)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

unspecified
Substance:

Tannins (RF-00004337-PAR)
Additional substance description:

catechol tannins
Analytical method code:

Unspecified (F598A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Catechol tannins

Composition #3: Zaiter, Lahcene., Benayache, Fadila., Beghidja, Noureddine., Figueredo, Gilles., Chalard, Pierre., Chalchat, Jean-Claude., Marchioni, Eric., Benayache, Samir. Essential oils of Santolina africana Jord. Fourr. and Santolina chamaecyparissus L.. journal of essential oil-bearing plants, 2015, p. 1338–1342. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

steam distillation
Substance:

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

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

6.44
Internal remarks:

Myrcene in aerial parts essential oil

Composition #4: Zaiter, Lahcene., Benayache, Fadila., Beghidja, Noureddine., Figueredo, Gilles., Chalard, Pierre., Chalchat, Jean-Claude., Marchioni, Eric., Benayache, Samir. Essential oils of Santolina africana Jord. Fourr. and Santolina chamaecyparissus L.. journal of essential oil-bearing plants, 2015, p. 1338–1342. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

Steam distillation
Substance:

1,8-cineole (RF-00003470-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

11.22
Internal remarks:

1,8-cineole in aerial parts essential oil

Composition #5: Grosso, Clara., Figueiredo, Ana Cristina., Burillo, Jesus., Mainar, Ana M., Urieta, Jose S., Barroso, Jose G., Coelho, Jose A., Palavra, Antonio M. F. Supercritical fluid extraction of the volatile oil from Santolina chamaecyparissus . journal of separation science, 2009, vol. 32, no. 18, p. 3215–3222. DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200900350. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Flower (as part-nature) (A067B)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Super-critical gas extraction (A0BZQ)
Additional extraction description:

Supercritical fluid extraction
Substance:

1,8-cineole (RF-00003470-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

0.6-4.1
Internal remarks:

1,8-cineole in flower heads

Composition #6: Grosso, Clara., Figueiredo, Ana Cristina., Burillo, Jesus., Mainar, Ana M., Urieta, Jose S., Barroso, Jose G., Coelho, Jose A., Palavra, Antonio M. F. Supercritical fluid extraction of the volatile oil from Santolina chamaecyparissus . journal of separation science, 2009, vol. 32, no. 18, p. 3215–3222. DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200900350. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Flower (as part-nature) (A067B)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Super-critical gas extraction (A0BZQ)
Additional extraction description:

Supercritical fluid extraction
Substance:

Camphor (RF-00003986-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

1-3.6
Internal remarks:

Camphor in flower heads

Composition #7: BRUNKE, EJ., HAMMERSCHMIDT, FJ., SCHMAUS, G. FLOWER SCENT OF SOME TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL-PLANTS. acs symposium series, 1993, vol. 525, p. 282–296. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Leaves (as part-nature) (A0EKT)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

hydrodistillation
Substance:

artemisia ketone (RF-00004157-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

8.54
Internal remarks:

artemisia ketone in essential oil from the leaves