Botanical name:Eremophila. 1
Family:Myoporaceae.
Vernacular Name's: {Berrigan} Sometimes emu bush & dogwood.
Active Constituents:Leaves and bark contain tannins.
Leaves also contain an essential oil rich in safrol and methyleugenol.
Since safrol has been shown to be quite toxic, The drinking of tea made from the plant may be hazardous and ought to be discouraged.
Botanical Name:Zieria Smithi. 2
Family:Rutaceae.
Vernacular Name's:Sandfly zieria/ Sandfly bush/ lanoline bush.
Active Constituents: Probly the essential oil present in the folige, The oil may vary widely in composition and this may posibly may explain the contradictory effects mentioned above, Safrol,Methyleugenol, and elemicin may be present in major amounts in the steam distilled leaf oil.
Botanical Name:Atherosperma Moschatum. 3
Family:Atherospermataceae, (included by some in the Monimiaceae).
Vernacular Name's:Sassafras, Native sassafras, Black sassafras, Victorian sassafras, Sourthen sassafras.
Active Constituents: The bark oil probly contain's safrol, A number of alkoloids are also present in the bark: Berbamine(major alkoloid), isotetradine, isocorydine, atherospermidine, spermatheridine, atheroline, moschatoline and methoxyatherosperminine.
Botanical Name:Cinnamomum Laubatii. 4
Family:Lauraceae.
Synonyms:[sometimes referred to as cinnamomum tamala].
Vernacular Names:Camphorwood, Pepperberry, Pepperwood, Brownbeach.
Active Constituents:Leaves contain a volatile oil ritch in eugenol and sesquiterpenoid compounds.
The bark oil contains safrol, Since safrol is toxic it maybe advisable not to use bark medicinaly, The species appears to exhibit chemical variation in it's oil composotion, Only the eugenol variety has been used in india.
The bark also contains the alkoloid reticuline.
Botanical Name:Doryphora Aromatica. 5
Family:Atherospermataceae,(included by some in the Monimiaceae.
Synonyms:Daphnandra aromatica.
Vernacular Names:Grey sassafras/northen grey sassafras/net sassafras/cheedingnan.
Active Constituents: The bark contains the alkoloids isocorydine, daphnoline, aromoline,homoaromoline, daphnandrine, isotetrandine and 1,2-dehydroapateline, And the bark also contains a volitile oil ritch in safrol.
Botanical Name:Doryphora Sassafras. 6
Family:Atherospermataceae,(included by some in the Monimiaceae.
Vernacular Names:Sassafras/ Newsouthwales sassafras.
Active Constituents:The bark cpntains about 0.5% of a mixture of alkoloids named, Doryphorine.
Doryphorine consists of a mixture of doryafranine, doryanine, aswell as other bases, Because of the poisonous properties of these alkoloids, Caution should be exersised in the use of the bark.
The leaves contain the same alkoloids, aswell as an assential oil ritch in the very toxic safrol, And there for should be used with caution, Also can be derived from the roots.
Botanical Name:Cinnamonium Oliveri. 7
Family:Lauraceae.
Vernacular Names:Sassafras/ olivers sassafras/ And Camphorwood.
Active Constituents: Tannin in the bark, The bark also contains an essential oil ritch in camphor, safrol, and methyleugenol or cinnamic aldehyde and eugenol, Depending on the chemical verity of this species, Also can be derived from the root of the plant.
Well for all you serious bees, these are the best plants to scource your safrol from.
There is a couple more that swim knows of but he hasent had time to check them out fully and then break it down to easy reading, Because there is alot more information about some of these plants that isent even relevent to the subject on safrol.
