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Arctium minus

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 4 constituent measurements, 1 adverse-effect record and 1 genotoxicity assay for Arctium minus. 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: Arctium minus (Hill) Bernh.

4Constituent measurements

2Safety records

5Cited 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

Effect types

Target tissues

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
Atropine	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	300 Milligram/gram	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Calcium oxalate	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Microscopic detection	Resolve DOI
Sesquiterpene lactones	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Sesquiterpene lactones	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

Effect	Target tissue	Plant part	Preparation	Test organism	Test type	Source
Neurotoxicity	Neurologic	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	Human (as organism)	Case report	Resolve DOI

Genotoxicity testing

Outcomes of genotoxicity assays as recorded in the source. A negative assay is a result under those test conditions, not a clearance.

Outcome	Endpoint	Test	Tested organism	Metabolic activation	Source
Inconclusive	DNA damage and/or repair	single cell gel/comet assay in mammalian cells for detection of DNA damage	Human (as organism)	Not applicable	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.

Basaran, AA., Yu, TW., Plewa, MJ., Anderson, D. An investigation of some turkish herbal medicines in Salmonella typhimurium and in the COMET assay in human lymphocytes. TERATOGENESIS CARCINOGENESIS AND MUTAGENESIS, 1996, vol. 16, no. 2, p. 125-138. DOI
Suchy, M., Horak, M., Herout, V., Sorm, F. Terpenes. LXXXIV. The structure of arctiopicrin, sesquiterpene lactone from Arctium minus Bernh. Croatica chemica acta, 1957, vol. 29, p. 247-54.
Plourde, J. R., Mockle, J. A. Phytochemical investigations on Compositae. III. Arctium minus. Preliminary investigations with particular reference to a lactone principle. Canadian pharmaceutical journal, 1961, vol. 94(No. 1), p. 33-5.
BRYSON, PD., WATANABE, AS., RUMACK, BH., MURPHY, RC. BURDOCK ROOT TEA POISONING - CASE-REPORT INVOLVING A COMMERCIAL PREPARATION . Jama-journal of the american medical association, 1978, vol. 239, no. 20, p. 2157-2157. DOI
Kartal, Ciler. CALCIUM OXALATE CRYSTALS IN SOME SPECIES OF THE TRIBE CARDUEAE (ASTERACEAE) . Botanical sciences, 2016, vol. 94, no. 1, p. 107-119. 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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