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Cangerana

Cangerana

Cabralea cangerana

Cabralea canjerana

Meliaceae · Gỗ · Wood · Steam-distilled

Botanical illustration of Cabralea cangerana; wood used to extract Cangerana essential oil
Cangerana essential oil, extracted from the wood of Cabralea cangerana. Botanical illustration, Lê Mai Library.

Safety

Safrole · Restricted

Potentially carcinogenic based on 0.5 percent safrole.

Maximum adult oral dose 350 mg daily. Maximum dermal use level 10 percent.

Basis: 0.5 percent safrole, with dermal limit 0.05 percent and oral 0.025 mg per kg per day.

IFRA and EU recommend a maximum exposure level of 0.01 percent of safrole from safrole-containing essential oils in cosmetics.


Usage guidelines

Maximum dermal level
10 percent
Max adult oral dose
350 mg daily
Basis
Safrole 0.5 percent

Chemistry

Volatile constituents
β-Caryophyllene28.6 %
Germacrene D9.3 %
δ-Cadinene7.4 %
Germacrene B6.2 %
γ-Muurolene5.0 %
α-Calacorene2.9 %
γ-Cadinene2.7 %
α-Muurolene2.4 %
γ-Elemene2.4 %
δ-Elemene2.3 %
α-Copaene2.1 %
Caryolan-8-ol1.8 %
α-Caryophyllene1.8 %
γ-Amorphene1.4 %
β-Elemene1.3 %
(+)-Aromadendrene1.1 %
Safrole0.5 %

Botanical source

Cabralea cangerana is a tree of South America (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay). The oil is distilled from the wood.

Family Meliaceae. The name is sometimes spelled Cabralea canjerana, with both forms in use.

Limited availability.