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Galanthus nivalis

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 24 constituent measurements for Galanthus nivalis. 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: Galanthus nivalis L.

24Constituent measurements

0Safety records

5Cited sources

3Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 3 licensed products naming Galanthus nivalis 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

Whole plant(s)

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
Alkaloids	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Bulb / clove	Solvent extraction	≥ 9.9 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Bulb / clove	Solvent extraction	≤ 43.7 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Flower	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.3 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Flower	Solvent extraction	≤ 69.3 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≥ 2.4 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≤ 50.7 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	≥ 6.2 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	≤ 30.9 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Ismine	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Lectins	Unspecified	—	—	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Lycorine	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Tazettine	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Galanthamine	Shoot	—	0.06 Percent	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No resolvable identifier
Galanthamine	Bulb / clove	—	0.06 Percent	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No resolvable identifier
Hippeastrine	Shoot	—	0.06 Percent	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No resolvable identifier
Lycorine	Bulb / clove	—	0.02 Percent	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No resolvable identifier
Lycorine	Shoot	—	0.02 Percent	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No resolvable identifier
Narwedine	Shoot	—	0.03 Percent	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No resolvable identifier
Narwedine	Bulb / clove	—	0.03 Percent	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No resolvable identifier
Nivalidine	Shoot	—	0.05 Percent	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No resolvable identifier
Nivalidine	Bulb / clove	—	0.06 Percent	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No resolvable identifier
Tazettine	Bulb / clove	—	0.03 Percent	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	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.

Kalashnikov, I. D. Alkaloids from Galanthus nivalis. Khimiya prirodnykh soedinenii, 1970.
Vasconcelos, IM., Oliveira, JTA. Antinutritional properties of plant lectins. Toxicon, 2004, vol. 44, no. 4, p. 385-403. DOI
Berkov, Strahil., Codina, Carles., Viladomat, Francesc., Bastida, Jaume. Alkaloids from Galanthus nivalis. PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 2007, vol. 68, no. 13, p. 1791-1798. DOI
Berkov, Strahil., Bastida, Jaume., Sidjimova, Borjana., Viladomat, Francesc., Codina, Carles. Alkaloid Diversity in Galanthus elwesii and Galanthus nivalis. Chemistry & biodiversity, 2011, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 115-130. DOI
Berkov, Strahil., Bastida, Jaume., Sidjimova, Borijana., Viladomat, Francesc., Codina, Carles. Phytochemical differentiation of Galanthus nivalis and Galanthus elwesii (Amaryllidaceae): A case, study . Biochemical systematics and ecology, 2008, vol. 36, no. 8, p. 638-645. DOI

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