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Asparagus officinalis
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements for Asparagus 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: Asparagus officinalis L.
Regulatory presence
Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 91 licensed products naming Asparagus officinalis 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
- Protodioscin4
- Steroidal saponins2
- Saponins1
Plant parts
- Live plants3
- Aerial part of plants2
- Roots and other underground parts1
- Unspecified1
Preparations
- Solvent extraction7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protodioscin | Live plants | Solvent extraction | ≤ 4.83 Milligram/gram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Protodioscin | Live plants | Solvent extraction | ≥ 1.5 Milligram/gram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Protodioscin | Aerial part of plants | Solvent extraction | ≤ 21.3 Milligram/gram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Protodioscin | Aerial part of plants | Solvent extraction | ≥ 1 Milligram/gram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Saponins | Unspecified | Solvent extraction | 0.1604 Microgram/gram | Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry | Resolve DOI |
| Steroidal saponins | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | HPLC with standard detection methods | Resolve DOI |
| Steroidal saponins | Live plants | Solvent extraction | — | Unspecified | 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.
- Lee, Eun Jin., Yoo, Kil Sun., Patil, Bhimanagouda S. Development of a Rapid HPLC-UV Method for Simultaneous Quantification of Protodioscin and Rutin in White and Green Asparagus Spears . Journal of food science, 2010, vol. 75, no. 9, p. C703-C709. DOI
- Huang, Xue-Feng., Lin, Yu-Ying., Kong, Ling-Yi. Steroids from the roots of Asparagus officinalis and their cytotoxic activity . Journal of integrative plant biology, 2008, vol. 50, no. 6, p. 717-722. DOI
- Kronabel, D. Antileukemic effectiveness of saponins and sapogenins from Asparagus officinalis L. Antileuk�misch wirksame Saponine und Sapogenine aus Asparagus officinalis L . Deutsche zeitschrift fur onkologie, 2014, vol. 46, no. 2, p. 62-65. DOI
- Motoki, Satoru., Kitazawa, Hiroaki., Maeda, Tomoo., Suzuki, Takashi., Chiji, Hideyuki., Nishihara, Eiji., Shinohara, Yutaka. Effects of Various Asparagus Production Methods on Rutin and Protodioscin Contents in Spears and Cladophylls . Bioscience biotechnology and biochemistry, 2012, vol. 76, no. 5, p. 1047-1050. DOI
- Dou, Fang., Xi, Miaomiao., Wang, Junxian., Tian, Xiangrong., Hong, Liangjian., Tang, Haifeng., Wen, Aidong. alpha-Glucosidase and alpha-amylase inhibitory activities of saponins from traditional Chinese medicines in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. PHARMAZIE, 2013, vol. 68, no. 4, p. 300-304. DOI
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