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Fagopyrum tataricum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 3 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Fagopyrum tataricum. 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: Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn.

3Constituent measurements
1Safety records
2Cited 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

  • Fagopyrin2
  • Emodin1

Plant parts

  • Seed2
  • Leaves1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction2

Effect types

  • Other toxicities1

Target tissues

  • Skin1
  • subcutis1

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
FagopyrinSeedSolvent extraction68 Microgram/gramHPLC with standard detection methodsResolve DOI
FagopyrinLeavesSolvent extraction512 Microgram/gramHPLC with standard detection methodsResolve DOI
EmodinSeedStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)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.

EffectTarget tissuePlant partPreparationTest organismTest typeSource
Other toxicitiesSkin/subcutisOtherResolve 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.

  1. Wang, Jia-qing., Wang, Zhe-xing., Huang, Jian., Sun, Bo-hang., Gao, Hui-yuan., Wu, Li-jun. Chemical constituents from the seeds of Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn. Shenyang yaoke daxue xuebao, 2009, p. 270-273.
  2. Stojilkovski, Katja., Glavac, Nina Kocevar., Kreft, Samo., Kreft, Ivan. Fagopyrin and flavonoid contents in common, Tartary, and cymosum buckwheat. JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS, 2013, vol. 32, no. 2, p. 126-130. 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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