EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens (Jord.) Govaerts // Calamintha ascendens Jord. // Calamintha sylvatica subsp. ascendens (Jord.) P.W.Ball // Clinopodium ascendens (Jord.) Samp.

Family:: Lamiaceae
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 20
Number of processed references:: 2

Compositions

#1: isomenthone in the plant #2: cis-isopulegone in the aerial parts #3: trans-isopulegone in the aerial parts #4: pulegone in the aerial parts

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: Hidalgo, PJ., Ubera, JL., Santos, JA., LaFont, F., Castellanos, C., Palomino, A., Roman, M. Essential oils in Calamintha sylvatica Bromf. ssp ascendens (Jordan) P.W. Ball: Wild and cultivated productions and antifungal activity . journal of essential oil research, 2002, vol. 14, no. 1, p. 68–71. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

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

d,l-Isomenthone (RF-00010214-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

36.8-43.3
Internal remarks:

isomenthone in the plant

Composition #2: Castilho, Paula., Liu, Kai., Rodrigues, Ana Isabel., Feio, Sonia., Tomi, Felix., Casanova, Joseph. Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Clinopodium ascendens (Jordan) Sampaio from Madeira . flavour and fragrance journal, 2007, vol. 22, no. 2, p. 139–144. DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1771. [DOI link]

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:

hydrodistillation
Substance:

cis-isopulegone (RF-00003746-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Analytical method - additional description:

GC-MS, NMR
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

75.2
Internal remarks:

cis-isopulegone in the aerial parts

Composition #3: Castilho, Paula., Liu, Kai., Rodrigues, Ana Isabel., Feio, Sonia., Tomi, Felix., Casanova, Joseph. Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Clinopodium ascendens (Jordan) Sampaio from Madeira . flavour and fragrance journal, 2007, vol. 22, no. 2, p. 139–144. DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1771. [DOI link]

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:

hydrodistillation
Substance:

trans-isopulegone (RF-00004088-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Analytical method - additional description:

GC-MS, NMR
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

4.5
Internal remarks:

trans-isopulegone in the aerial parts

Composition #4: Castilho, Paula., Liu, Kai., Rodrigues, Ana Isabel., Feio, Sonia., Tomi, Felix., Casanova, Joseph. Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Clinopodium ascendens (Jordan) Sampaio from Madeira . flavour and fragrance journal, 2007, vol. 22, no. 2, p. 139–144. DOI: 10.1002/ffj.1771. [DOI link]

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:

hydrodistillation
Substance:

(+)-pulegone (RF-00003398-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Analytical method - additional description:

GC-MS, NMR
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

6.9
Internal remarks:

pulegone in the aerial parts