EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Alpinia oxyphylla Miq.

Family:: Zingiberaceae
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 465
Number of processed references:: 1

Compositions

#1: Estragol in fruits essential oil #2: Naphthalene derivatives in fuits essential oil

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: Fang, HY., Leu, YL., Hwang, TL., Cheng, HC., Hung, CF. Development of sesquiterpenes from Alpinia oxyphylla as novel skin permeation enhancers. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, 2003, vol. 19, no. 4, p. 253–262. DOI: 10.1016/S0928-0987(03)00118-0. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Fruit unspecified (as part-nature) (A067D)
Extraction/Preparation method:

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

Estragole (RF-00003806-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent Area (G139A)
Result type:

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

1.37
Internal remarks:

Estragol in fruits essential oil

Composition #2: Fang, HY., Leu, YL., Hwang, TL., Cheng, HC., Hung, CF. Development of sesquiterpenes from Alpinia oxyphylla as novel skin permeation enhancers. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, 2003, vol. 19, no. 4, p. 253–262. DOI: 10.1016/S0928-0987(03)00118-0. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Fruit unspecified (as part-nature) (A067D)
Extraction/Preparation method:

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

Naphthalene derivatives (RF-00010833-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Gaschromatography (GC) (F037A)
Result unit:

Percent Area (G139A)
Result type:

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

23.19-47.37
Internal remarks:

Naphthalene derivatives in fuits essential oil