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Arctium tomentosum
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 10 constituent measurements for Arctium tomentosum. 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 tomentosum Mill.
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
- Arctigenin4
- Arctiin4
- Germacranolide1
- Matairesinol1
Plant parts
- Fruit unspecified3
- Flower2
- Leaves2
- Unspecified2
- Roots and other underground parts1
Preparations
- Solvent extraction10
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arctigenin | Flower | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Arctigenin | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | 0.65 Percent | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Arctigenin | Leaves | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Arctigenin | Unspecified | Solvent extraction | 0.15 Milligram/gram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Arctiin | Flower | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Arctiin | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | 5.19 Percent | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Arctiin | Unspecified | Solvent extraction | 10.69 Milligram/gram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Arctiin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Germacranolide | Leaves | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Matairesinol | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | 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.
- Ge, Liang., Zhang, Hao-ke., Tian, Shu-ge. Content determination of arctiin and arctigen from different parts of Arctium tomentosum by RP-HPLC. Zhongguo shiyan fangjixue zazhi, 2010, vol. 16, no. 14, p. 41-43.
- Kang, Ting-Guo., Kawamura, Tomoko., Noro, Yukio., Tanaka, Toshihiro. Pharmacognostical evaluation of Arctii Fructus (2): Adulteration on the Chinese commercial samples. Natural Medicines, 1999, vol. 53, no. 4, p. 206-208.
- Zhou, Xiaoying., Zhang, Haoke., Ge, Liang., Gong, Haiyan., Tian, Shuge. Determination of Arctiin and Arctigenin Contents in Arctium Tomentosum Mill. by HPLC Method . E-journal of chemistry, 2011, vol. 8, p. S372-S376.
- Kang Ting-Guo., Zhang Wen-Jun., Tanaka, Hitoshi., Kawamura, Tomoko., Xu Zhao-Hui., Yang Song-Song., Zhao Zhong-Zhen., Tanaka, Toshihiro. Pharmacognostical evaluation of Arctii Fructus (4): Chemical constituents from fruits of Arctium tomentosum . Natural medicines, 2001, vol. 55, no. 3, p. 153-153.
- Drozdz, B., Holub, M., Samek, Z., Herout, V., Sorm, F. Terpenes. CXCII. The constitution and absolute configuration of onopordopicrine, a sesquiterpenic lactone from Onopordon acanthium. Collection of czechoslovak chemical communications, 1968, vol. 33, no. 6, p. 1730-7.
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