EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Eucalyptus polybractea F.Muell ex R.T.Baker

Family:: Myrtaceae
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 101
Number of processed references:: 3

Compositions

#1: 1,8-cineole (leaf ess oil) quantified #2: camphor - leaves - essential oil #3: 1,8-cineole leaf ess oil quantified

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: Wildy, DT., Pate, JS., Bartle, JR. Variations in composition and yield of leaf oils from alley-farmed oil mallees (Eucalyptus spp.) at a range of contrasting sites in the Western Australian wheatbelt . forest ecology and management, 2000, vol. 134, no. 1-3, p. 205–217. DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00258-3. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

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

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

Mass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatography (F063A)
Analytical method - additional description:

HPLC - MS
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

87.32
Internal remarks:

1,8-cineole (leaf ess oil) quantified

Composition #2: Cornwell, Charles P., Lassak, Erich V. Camphor in Commercial and Potentially Commercial Oils of Eucalyptus Species and Other Myrtaceae . journal of essential oil research, 2010, vol. 22, no. 1, p. 59–65. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

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

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

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

ppm (G288A)
Result type:

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

3.1-19.7
Internal remarks:

camphor - leaves - essential oil

Composition #3: Goodger, Jason Q. D., Mitchell, Madeline C., Woodrow, Ian E. Differential patterns of mono- and sesquiterpenes with leaf ontogeny influence pharmaceutical oil yield in Eucalyptus polybractea RT Baker . trees-structure and function, 2013, vol. 27, no. 3, p. 511–521. DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0804-6. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

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

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

Gaschromatography (GC) (F037A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

31-79
Internal remarks:

1,8-cineole leaf ess oil quantified