Botanical species · safety record

Gardenia jasminoides

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 2 constituent measurements, 1 adverse-effect record and 1 genotoxicity assay for Gardenia jasminoides. 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: Gardenia jasminoides J.Ellis

2Constituent measurements

2Safety records

3Cited sources

742Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 742 licensed products naming Gardenia jasminoides 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.

Extract types on licence

Dry
Extract Type TBA
Fresh
solid

Source material stated

Dried ripe fruit
Fruit
Fruit (Stir-baked with ginger)
Fruit (dry-fried)
Fruit (fried with wine)
Fruit (fried)
Fruit (processed with ginger)
Fruit (processed)

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

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
Emodin	Flower	—	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Physcion	Flower	—	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	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
Hepatotoxicity	Liver	—	—	Rat (as animal)	Acute toxicity	Resolve DOI

Genotoxicity testing

Outcomes of genotoxicity assays as recorded in the source. A negative assay is a result under those test conditions, not a clearance.

Outcome	Endpoint	Test	Tested organism	Metabolic activation	Source
Positive	chromosome aberration	sister chromatid exchange assay in mammalian cells	Other	Not applicable	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.

Ozaki, A., Kitano, M., Furusawa, N., Yamaguchi, H., Kuroda, K., Endo, G. Genotoxicity of gardenia yellow and its components. FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY, 2002, vol. 40, no. 11, p. 1603-1610. DOI
Ding, Yue., Zhang, Tong., Tao, Jian-sheng., Zhang, Li-ying., Shi, Jian-rong., Ji, Guang. Potential hepatotoxicity of geniposide, the major iridoid glycoside in dried ripe fruits of Gardenia jasminoides (Zhi-zi) . Natural product research, 2013, vol. 27, no. 10, p. 929-933. DOI
Song, Jia-Ling., Yang, Yong-Jian., Qi, Huan-Yang., Li, Qiang. Chemical constituents from flowers of Gardenia jasminoides .. Zhong yao cai = zhongyaocai = journal of chinese medicinal materials, 2013, vol. 36, no. 5, p. 752-5.

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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