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Eugenia uniflora

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 12 constituent measurements and 2 adverse-effect records for Eugenia uniflora. 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: Eugenia uniflora L.

12Constituent measurements

2Safety 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

Effect types

Target tissues

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
Ellagitannins (hydrolysable tannins)	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins)	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Anthraquinones	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Cardiac glycosides	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Coumarins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Oxalates	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Quinones	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No 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.

Effect	Target tissue	Plant part	Preparation	Test organism	Test type	Source
Digestive	Digestive	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	In vitro	Resolve DOI
Digestive	Digestive	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	In vitro	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.

Daniel, G., Krishnakumari, S. Screening of Eugenia uniflora (L.) leaves in various solvents for qualitative phytochemical constituents. International journal of pharma and bio sciences, 2015, vol. 6, no. 1, p. B1008-B1015.
Matsumura, T., Kasai, M., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Momose, Y., Arai, I., Amagaya, S., Komatsu, Y. alpha-Glucosidase inhibitors from Paraguayan natural medicine, Nangapiry, the leaves of Eugenia uniflora. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY, 2000, vol. 38, no. 4, p. 302-307. DOI
Lee, MH., Chiou, JF., Yen, KY., Yang, LL. EBV DNA polymerase inhibition of tannins from Eugenia uniflora. CANCER LETTERS, 2000, vol. 154, no. 2, p. 131-136. DOI
Okoh-Esene, Rosemary Uchechukwu., Husseini, Suleiman Jamila., Thomas, Sunday Asuquo. Proximate and phytochemical analysis of leaf, stem and root of Eugenia uniflora (Surinam or Pitanga cherry). Journal of natural product and plant resources, 2011, p. 1-4.

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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