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Ferula elaeochytris

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 4 constituent measurements and 2 adverse-effect records for Ferula elaeochytris. 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: Ferula elaeochytris Korovin

4Constituent measurements

2Safety records

4Cited sources

1Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 1 licensed products naming Ferula elaeochytris 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

Leaf

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Effect types

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
Epoxides	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Mass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatography	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Mass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatography	Resolve DOI
Methyl salicylate	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Roots and other underground parts	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
Reproductive	—	Roots and other underground parts	Powder	Japanese Quail (as animal)	Reproduction toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Reproductive	—	Roots and other underground parts	Powder	Japanese Quail (as animal)	Reproduction toxicity	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.

Al Khatib, R., Hennebelle, T., Joha, S., Idziorek, T., Preudhomme, C., Quesnel, B., Sahpaz, S., Bailleul, F. New sesquiterpene esters and a saponin from Ferula elaeochytris and their cytotoxic evaluation against leukemia cell lines. PLANTA MEDICA, 2008, vol. 74, no. 9, p. 1030-1031.
Miski, Mahmut., Ulubelen, Ayhan., Mabry, Tom J. Six sesquiterpene alcohol esters from Ferula elaeochytris. Phytochemistry (Elsevier), 1983, p. 2231-2233.
Alkhatib, Racha., Hennebelle, Thierry., Joha, Sami., Idziorek, Thierry., Preudhomme, Claude., Quesnel, Bruno., Sahpaz, Sevser., Bailleul, Francois. Activity of elaeochytrin A from Ferula elaeochytris on leukemia cell lines . Phytochemistry, 2008, vol. 69, no. 17, p. 2979-2983. DOI
Canogullari, Sibel., Baylan, M., Copur, Gulsen., Sahin, A. Effects of dietary Ferula elaeochytris root powder on the growth and reproductive performance of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica): it is not recommended in a breeder diet. ARCHIV FUR GEFLUGELKUNDE, 2009, vol. 73, no. 1, p. 56-60.

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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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