EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Picea mariana (Mill.) Britton Sterns & Poggenb

Family:: Pinaceae
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 6751
Number of processed references:: 4

Compositions

#1: camphor (needles) #2: myrcene (needles) #3: Lignans (a-conidendric acid II, a-conidendric acid I, isolariciresinol, liovil), in effluent water #4: camphor in seed cones #5: myrcene in seed cones #6: myrcene in bark

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: Shaw, A. C. Essential oil of Picea mariana. canadian journal of research, section b: chemical sciences, 1950, vol. 28B, p. 268–76. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

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

hydrodistillation
Substance:

Camphor (RF-00003986-PAR)
Analytical method - additional description:

distillation
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

1
Internal remarks:

camphor (needles)

Composition #2: Shaw, A. C. Essential oil of Picea mariana. canadian journal of research, section b: chemical sciences, 1950, vol. 28B, p. 268–76. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

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

hydrodistillation
Substance:

myrcene (RF-00003503-PAR)
Analytical method - additional description:

distillation
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

3.5
Internal remarks:

myrcene (needles)

Composition #3: O'Connor, B.I., Kovacs, T.G., Voss, R.H. The effect of wood species composition on the toxicity of simulated mechanical pulping effluents. environmental toxicology and chemistry, 1992, vol. 11, no. 9, p. 1259–1270. DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620110906. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Wood (as part-nature) (A166P)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

water
Substance:

lignans (RF-00004361-PAR)
Additional substance description:

a-conidendric acid I, a-conidendric acid II, isolariciresinol, liovil
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Milligram/litre (G062A)
Result type:

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

25
Internal remarks:

Lignans (a-conidendric acid II, a-conidendric acid I, isolariciresinol, liovil), in effluent water

Composition #4: Turgeon, JJ., Brockerhoff, EG., Lombardo, DA., MacDonald, L., Grant, GG. Differences in composition and release rate of volatiles emitted by black spruce seed cones sampled in situ versus ex situ. canadian journal of forest research, 1998, vol. 28, no. 2, p. 311–316. DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-28-2-311. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Aerial part of plants (as part-nature) (A166F)
Additional extraction description:

headspace emission
Substance:

(-)-camphor (RF-00003469-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

camphor in seed cones

Composition #5: Turgeon, JJ., Brockerhoff, EG., Lombardo, DA., MacDonald, L., Grant, GG. Differences in composition and release rate of volatiles emitted by black spruce seed cones sampled in situ versus ex situ. canadian journal of forest research, 1998, vol. 28, no. 2, p. 311–316. DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-28-2-311. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Aerial part of plants (as part-nature) (A166F)
Additional extraction description:

headspace emission
Substance:

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

GC-MS (F046A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

myrcene in seed cones

Composition #6: Francezon, Nellie., Stevanovic, Tatjana. Chemical Composition of Essential Oil and Hydrosol from Picea mariana Bark Residue. bioresources, 2017, vol. 12, no. 2, p. 2635–2645. DOI: 10.15376/biores.12.2.2635-2645. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Bark (as part-nature) (A066X)
Extraction/Preparation method:

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

hydrodistillation, water distillation
Substance:

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

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

GC-FID-MS
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

1.1-1.7
Internal remarks:

myrcene in bark