EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Achillea ageratum L.

Family:: Asteraceae
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 59
Number of processed references:: 3

Compositions

#1: 1,8-cineole in essential oil #2: Pyrethin I and II #3: artemisia ketone in aerial parts #4: 1,8-cineole in aerial parts (0.24%)

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: Maffei, M., Germano, F., Doglia, G., Chialva, F. Essential Oils, Chromosome Numbers and Karyotypes from Italian Achillea Species. Part II. journal of essential oil research, 1993, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 61–70. DOI: 10.1080/10412905.1993.9698171. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

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

Distillation and GC/MS of the oil
Substance:

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

GC*GC/MS (F690A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

18.91
Internal remarks:

1,8-cineole in essential oil

Composition #2: Salgues, R. On some new or less known essential oils Sur quelques huiles essentielles nouvelles ou peu connues . materiae vegetabiles, 1953, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 139–147. DOI: 10.1007/BF01894421. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

unspecified
Substance:

Pyrethrins (RF-0374-001-PPP)
Additional substance description:

pyrethrin I and II
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Pyrethin I and II

Composition #3: GRANDI, R., MESSEROTTI, W., PAGNONI, UM. MONOTERPENE VARIATION IN 2 ACHILLEA-AGERATUM CHEMOTYPES. phytochemistry, 1976, vol. 15, no. 11, p. 1770–1771. DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97478-8. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

n-hexane
Substance:

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

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result expression:

Whole weight (B001A)
Result type:

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

<=0.032
Internal remarks:

artemisia ketone in aerial parts

Composition #4: GRANDI, R., MESSEROTTI, W., PAGNONI, UM. MONOTERPENE VARIATION IN 2 ACHILLEA-AGERATUM CHEMOTYPES. phytochemistry, 1976, vol. 15, no. 11, p. 1770–1771. DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97478-8. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

n-hexane
Substance:

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

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result expression:

Whole weight (B001A)
Result type:

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

<=0.24
Internal remarks:

1,8-cineole in aerial parts (0.24%)