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Elaeagnus angustifolia

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements for Elaeagnus angustifolia. 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: Elaeagnus angustifolia L.

6Constituent measurements

0Safety 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

Plant parts

Preparations

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
Harmane alkaloids	Bark	Solvent extraction	0.32 Percent	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Tetrahydroharman	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Coumarins	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Harmane alkaloids	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC)	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	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.

Abizov, E. A., Tolkachev, O. N., Mal'tsev, S. D., Abizova, E. V. COMPOSITION OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES ISOLATED FROM THE FRUITS OF RUSSIAN OLIVE (Elaeagnus angustifolia) INTRODUCED IN THE EUROPEAN PART OF RUSSIA. Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal, 2008, vol. 42, no. 12, p. 23-25.
Tolkachev, O.N., Abizov, E.A., Abizova, E.V., Mal'Tsev, S.D. Phytochemical study of the bark of some plants of the Elaeagnaceae family as a natural source of beta-carboline indole alkaloids. Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal, 2008, vol. 42, no. 11, p. 630-632. DOI
Gill, Stanislaw., Raszeja, Wanda. Chromatographic analysis of harman derivatives in some plant raw materials. Gdansk. tow. nauk., rozpr. wydz. 3, 1971, p. 137-143.
McFarlane, I.J., Slaytor, M. The role of N-acetyl amines in tetrahydro-beta-carboline and tetrahydroisoquinoline biosynthesis. Phytochemistry, 1972, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 229-234. DOI

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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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