MalagasyplantsDB: a database of essential oils from malagasy plants

Médicinal plants

Numerous studies have been conducted on plants with essential oils and on their compositions and activities. However, to our knowledge, there is currently no essential oils database of malagasy plants that can simultaneously provide comprehensive information on essential oils, plants and chemical compounds. MalagasyplantsDB is a database of essential oils from Madagascar containing profiles experimentally recorded in several scientific publications. The database contains botanical information for each plant species, including scientific name, common name, taxonomy and ethnobotany. For each record in essential oil profiles, experimental conditions, chemical compound, physicochemical and organoleptic characteristics are provided. For each compound, the chemical identity of the compound, nomenclature possibilities and stereoisomers are provided. Data was compiled from existing literature: peer reviewed journals, doctoral thesis, books and web-sources. MalagasyplantsDB is available on www.malagasyplantsdb.polytechnique.mg. The database includes a total of 109,875 records with 298 essential oil profiles, 336 chemical compounds and 6,125 species or varieties of plant data. Information was collected from 3603 references.

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