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Beta vulgaris

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 5 constituent measurements for Beta vulgaris. 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: Beta vulgaris L.

5Constituent measurements
0Safety records
2Cited sources
1,042Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 1,042 licensed products naming Beta vulgaris 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

  • Dry
  • Fresh

Source material stated

  • Aerial parts
  • Beet root
  • Beta vulgaris
  • Beta vulgaris - Leaf
  • Beta vulgaris - Root
  • Beta vulgaris - tuber
  • Dried root(s)
  • Fibre (racine)

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Harman2
  • Norharmane2
  • Acetaldehyde1

Plant parts

  • Live plants4
  • Roots and other underground parts1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction5

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.

SubstancePlant partPreparationConcentrationAnalytical methodSource
HarmanLive plantsSolvent extraction0.7 Microgram/gramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
HarmanLive plantsSolvent extraction1.01 Microgram/gramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
NorharmaneLive plantsSolvent extraction1.25 Microgram/gramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
NorharmaneLive plantsSolvent extraction0.22 Milligram/gramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
AcetaldehydeRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction0.15 Milligram/kilogramGC-FIDNo 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.

  1. Wojtowicz, E., Zawirska-Wojtasiak, R., Przygonski, K., Mildner-Szkudlarz, S. Bioactive beta-carbolines norharman and harman in traditional and novel raw materials for chicory coffee. Food chemistry, 2015, vol. 175, p. 280-283. DOI
  2. Uebelacker, Michael., Lachenmeier, Dirk W. Quantitative determination of acetaldehyde in foods using automated digestion with simulated gastric fluid followed by headspace gas chromatography. Journal of analytical methods in chemistry, 2011.

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