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Centaurium erythraea

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 1 constituent measurement for Centaurium erythraea. 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: Centaurium erythraea Rafn

1Constituent measurements
0Safety records
1Cited sources
14Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 14 licensed products naming Centaurium erythraea 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.

Source material stated

  • Aerial parts
  • Fresh above ground parts
  • Grass(es)
  • Herb
  • Herb top
  • Whole flowering plant
  • Whole plant(s)

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Tannins1

Plant parts

  • Aerial part of plants1

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
TanninsAerial part of plants1.25 PercentGaschromatography (GC)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.

  1. Sharaf, M., El-Ansari, M. A., Weglarz, Z., Geszprych, A. Phenolic constituents of centaury (Centaurium erythraea Rafn.) herb. Herba polonica, 2003, p. 174-179. .[abstract].

Boundary

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