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Daphne laureola

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 8 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Daphne laureola. 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: Daphne laureola L.

8Constituent measurements
1Safety records
4Cited sources
0Licensed products (Canada)

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

  • Coumarin glycosides7
  • Violaxanthin1

Plant parts

  • Leaves7
  • Bud1
  • Fruit unspecified1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction8
  • Raw, no heat treatment1

Effect types

  • Nephrotoxicity1

Target tissues

  • Urogenital: kidneys1

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
Coumarin glycosidesLeavesSolvent extraction≥ 12153 ppmHPLC-DADResolve DOI
Coumarin glycosidesLeavesSolvent extraction≤ 23727 ppmHPLC-DADResolve DOI
Coumarin glycosidesLeavesSolvent extraction≥ 6221 ppmHPLC-DADResolve DOI
Coumarin glycosidesLeavesSolvent extraction≤ 14585 ppmHPLC-DADResolve DOI
Coumarin glycosidesLeavesSolvent extractionResolve DOI
Coumarin glycosidesLeavesSolvent extraction≥ 37292 ppmHPLC-DADResolve DOI
Coumarin glycosidesLeavesSolvent extraction≤ 72584 ppmHPLC-DADResolve DOI
ViolaxanthinBudSolvent extraction45 MillimoleUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

EffectTarget tissuePlant partPreparationTest organismTest typeSource
NephrotoxicityUrogenital: kidneysFruit unspecifiedRaw, no heat treatmentHuman (as organism)Acute toxicityNo 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. Fourast�, I. Reminder on the toxicity of some plants Rappel de la toxicit� de quelques plantes . Actualites pharmaceutiques, 2004, no. 432, p. 16-19.
  2. Alonso, C., Perez, R., Nieto, PM., Delgado, J. Gender dimorphism and altitudinal variation of secondary compounds in leaves of the gynodioecious shrub Daphne laureola . Journal of chemical ecology, 2005, vol. 31, no. 1, p. 139-150. DOI
  3. Garcia-Plazaola, Jose I., Hormaetxe, Koldobika., Hernandez, Antonio., Olano, Jose M., Becerril, Jose M. The lutein epoxide cycle in vegetative buds of woody plants. Functional plant biology, 2004, vol. 31, no. 8, p. 815-823.
  4. Alonso, Conchita., Garcia, Isabel M., Zapata, Nelson., Perez, Ricardo. Variability in the behavioural responses of three generalist herbivores to the most abundant coumarin in Daphne laureola leaves . Entomologia experimentalis et applicata, 2009, vol. 132, no. 1, p. 76-83. DOI

Boundary

A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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