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Armoracia rusticana
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 8 constituent measurements and 2 adverse-effect records for Armoracia rusticana. 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: Armoracia rusticana P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
Also recorded as
Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.
Regulatory presence
Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 34 licensed products naming Armoracia rusticana as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.
Extract types on licence
Source material stated
What the records describe
Constituents measured
- Glucobrassicin2
- Gluconasturtiin2
- Glucosinolates2
- Sinigrin2
Plant parts
- Roots and other underground parts9
- Sprout1
Preparations
- Solvent extraction10
Effect types
- Not reported2
Target tissues
- Urogenital: urinary bladder2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glucobrassicin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≤ 0.26 Millimole/kilogram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Glucobrassicin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≥ 0.1 Millimole/kilogram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Gluconasturtiin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≥ 1.3 Millimole/kilogram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Gluconasturtiin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≤ 7.4 Millimole/kilogram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Glucosinolates | Sprout | Solvent extraction | — | LC-MS | Resolve DOI |
| Glucosinolates | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | LC-MS | Resolve DOI |
| Sinigrin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≥ 10 Millimole/kilogram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Sinigrin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≤ 45 Millimole/kilogram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not reported | Urogenital: urinary bladder | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | Rat (as animal) | Other | No resolvable identifier |
| Not reported | Urogenital: urinary bladder | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | Rat (as animal) | Other | 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.
- Bladh, Katarina Wedelsback., Olsson, Kerstin M., Yndgaard, Flemming. EVALUATION OF GLUCOSINOLATES IN NORDIC HORSERADISH (ARMORACIA RUSTICANA). Botanica lithuanica, 2013, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 48-56. DOI
- Agneta, Rosa., Rivelli, Anna Rita., Ventrella, Emanuela., Lelario, Filomena., Sarli, Giulio., Bufo, Sabino Aurelio. Investigation of Glucosinolate Profile and Qualitative Aspects in Sprouts and Roots of Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) Using LC-ESI Hybrid Linear Ion Trap with Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry and Infrared Multiphoton Dissociation . Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2012, vol. 60, no. 30, p. 7474-7482. DOI
- Hasumura, Mai., Imai, Toshio., Cho, Young-Man., Ueda, Makoto., Hirose, Masao., Nishikawa, Akiyoshi., Ogawa, Kumiko. Toxic effects of a horseradish extract and allyl isothiocyanate in the urinary bladder after 13-week administration in drinking water to F344 rats. Journal of toxicological sciences, 2011, vol. 36, no. 6, p. 763-774.
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