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Anchusa officinalis
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 5 constituent measurements for Anchusa officinalis. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.
Accepted name in source: Anchusa officinalis L.
Regulatory presence
No Health Canada licensed natural health product in the snapshot names this species as a medicinal ingredient under this exact binomial. Absence here means absence from this one register under this one name, not absence from trade, and not a safety verdict.
What the records describe
Constituents measured
- Pentacyclic triterpene saponins2
- Laburnine1
- Lycopsamine1
- Pyrrolizidine alkaloids1
Plant parts
- Aerial part of plants2
- Roots and other underground parts1
- Seed1
- Unspecified1
Preparations
- Solvent extraction5
Recorded constituents
What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.
| Substance | Plant part | Preparation | Concentration | Analytical method | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laburnine | Seed | Solvent extraction | — | GC-MS (Q) | Resolve DOI |
| Lycopsamine | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | Resolve DOI |
| Pentacyclic triterpene saponins | Aerial part of plants | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | Resolve DOI |
| Pentacyclic triterpene saponins | Aerial part of plants | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Pyrrolizidine alkaloids | Unspecified | Solvent extraction | — | GC-MS | No resolvable identifier |
Cited sources
The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.
- Huizing, H. J., De Boer, F., Hendriks, H., Balraadjsing, W., Bruins, A. P. Positive and negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry of trimethylsilyl derivatives of pyrrolizidine alkaloids using amine radical and hydroxide as the reactant ions. Biomedical & environmental mass spectrometry, 1986, vol. 13, no. 6, p. 293-8.
- BROCHDUE, AI., AASEN, AJ. ALKALOIDS OF ANCHUSA-OFFICINALIS L IDENTIFICATION OF THE PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID LYCOPSAMINE . Acta chemica scandinavica series b-organic chemistry and biochemistry, 1980, vol. 34, no. 1, p. 75-77. DOI
- Romussi, G., Falsone, G., Wendisch, D., Parodi, B. Inhaltsstoffe von Boraginaceae, 7. Anchusosid-8 und -9: Zwei neue Triterpensaponine aus Anchusa officinalis L.. Liebigs annalen der chemie, 1984, vol. 1984, no. 11, p. 1869-1872. DOI
- Romussi, Giovanni., Ciarallo, Giovanni., Falsone, Gioacchino., Schneider, Claudia. Constituents of Boraginaceae. Triterpene saponins from Anchusa officinalis. Liebigs annalen der chemie, 1979, vol. (12), p. 2028-35.
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