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Geum rivale

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 10 constituent measurements for Geum rivale. 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: Geum rivale L.

10Constituent measurements
0Safety records
5Cited 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

  • Gallotannins3
  • Gallic acid2
  • Tannins2
  • Alkaloids1
  • Eugenol1
  • P-coumaric acid1

Plant parts

  • Roots and other underground parts6
  • Live plants3
  • Aerial part of plants1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction9
  • Essential oil1

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
EugenolRoots and other underground partsEssential oil3.2 PercentGC-MSResolve DOI
Gallic acidRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction9.57 Milligram/gramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
Gallic acidAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction7.45 Milligram/gramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
AlkaloidsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction0.0326 PercentNo resolvable identifier
GallotanninsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction23.2 PercentNo resolvable identifier
GallotanninsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 17 PercentStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
GallotanninsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 12 PercentStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
P-coumaric acidLive plantsSolvent extractionHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier
TanninsLive plantsSolvent extraction≤ 136.1 Milligram/gramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier
TanninsLive plantsSolvent extraction≥ 31.4 Milligram/gramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)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.

  1. Aliev, R. K., Aliev, N. D., Rakhimova, A. Kh. Materials for the investigation of water avens root. Doklady - akademiya nauk azerbaidzhanskoi ssr, 1961, p. 519-524.
  2. Murko, Dragutin., Devetak, Z. Tannins from Geum species. glasnik hemicara i tehnologa bosne i hercegovine, 1968, p. 113-116.
  3. Owczarek, Aleksandra., Olszewska, Monika Anna., Gudej, Jan. QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF ELLAGIC ACID AND GALLIC ACID IN GEUM RIVALE L. AND G. URBANUM L.. ACTA BIOLOGICA CRACOVIENSIA SERIES BOTANICA, 2014, vol. 56, no. 2, p. 74-78. DOI
  4. Vollmann, C., Schultze, W. Composition of the Root Essential Oils of Several Geum Species and Related Members of the Subtribus Geinae (Rosaceae). FLAVOUR AND FRAGRANCE JOURNAL, 1995, vol. 10, no. 3, p. 173-178. DOI
  5. Owczarek, Aleksandra., Gudej, Jan. INVESTIGATION INTO BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE CONSTITUENTS OF GEUM RIVALE L.. ACTA POLONIAE PHARMACEUTICA, 2013, vol. 70, no. 1, p. 111-114.

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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