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Arbutus unedo

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements for Arbutus unedo. 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: Arbutus unedo L.

6Constituent measurements

0Safety records

2Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

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

Plant parts

Preparations

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
Beta-glucogallin	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	HPLC with standard detection methods	Resolve DOI
Epicatechin-3-gallate	Fruit unspecified	Fresh	0.022 Millimol/100 Gramm	LC-MS/MS	Resolve DOI
Epigallocatechin gallate	Fruit unspecified	Fresh	0.004 Millimol/100 Gramm	LC-MS/MS	Resolve DOI
Gallic acid	Fruit unspecified	Fresh	0.145 Millimol/100 Gramm	LC-MS/MS	Resolve DOI
Gallocatechin	Fruit unspecified	Fresh	0.012 Millimol/100 Gramm	LC-MS/MS	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	HPLC with standard detection methods	Resolve DOI

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.

Mosele, Juana I., Macia, Alba., Motilva, Maria-Jose. Understanding of human metabolic pathways of different sub-classes of phenols from Arbutus unedo fruit after an acute intake. . Food & function, 2016, vol. 7, no. 3, p. 1700-10. DOI
Pawlowska, Agata Maria., De Leo, Marinella., Braca, Alessandra. Phenolics of Arbutus unedo L. (Ericaceae) fruits: Identification of anthocyanins and gallic acid derivatives . Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2006, vol. 54, no. 26, p. 10234-10238. DOI

Boundary

A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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