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Gaultheria procumbens

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 12 constituent measurements for Gaultheria procumbens. 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: Gaultheria procumbens L.

12Constituent measurements

0Safety records

4Cited sources

49Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 49 licensed products naming Gaultheria procumbens 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

Source material stated

Aerial parts
Gaultheria procumbens
Gaultheria procumbens - leaf
Gaultheria procumbens leaf isolate
Leaf
Leaf oil
Leaf/Leaves

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
Methyl salicylate	Leaves	Essential oil	96.61 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
P-coumaric acid	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	HPLC-DAD	Resolve DOI
Proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins)	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	HPLC-DAD	Resolve DOI
Salicylates	Flower	Solvent extraction	6.425 Microgram/gram	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Salicylates	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	1.491 Microgram/gram	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Salicylates	Leaves	Solvent extraction	3.832 Microgram/gram	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Salicylates	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	2.277 Microgram/gram	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Chromatographic tests	No resolvable identifier
4-hydroxybenzoic acid	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Chromatographic tests	No resolvable identifier
Gallic acid	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Chromatographic tests	No resolvable identifier
P-coumaric acid	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Chromatographic tests	No resolvable identifier
Salicylates	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Chromatographic tests	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.

Ibrahim, R. K., Towers, G. H. N. Identification, by chromatography, of plant phenolic acids. Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 1960, vol. 87, p. 125-8.
Saleem, A., Harris, C.S., Asim, M., Cuerrier, A., Martineau, L., Haddad, P.S., Arnason, J.T. A RP-HPLC-DAD-APCI/MSD method for the characterisation of medicinal Ericaceae used by the Eeyou Istchee Cree First Nations. Phytochemical analysis, 2010, vol. 21, no. 4, p. 328-339. DOI
Ribnicky, D.M., Poulev, A., Raskin, I. The determination of salicylates in Gaultheria procumbens for use as a natural aspirin alternative. Journal of nutraceuticals, functional and medical foods, 2003, vol. 4, no. 1, p. 39-52. DOI
Kiran, S., Prakash, Bhanu. Assessment of Toxicity, Antifeedant Activity, and Biochemical Responses in Stored-Grain Insects Exposed to Lethal and Sublethal Doses of Gaultheria procumbens L. Essential Oil . Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2015, vol. 63, no. 48, p. 10518-10524. 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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