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Gratiola officinalis

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 9 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Gratiola officinalis. 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: Gratiola officinalis L.

9Constituent measurements
1Safety records
6Cited sources
14Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 14 licensed products naming Gratiola officinalis 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

  • Aerial parts
  • Fresh aerial parts collected before the start of flowering
  • Whole plant
  • Whole plant(s)

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Cucurbitacins2
  • Alkaloids1
  • Benzene-1,2-diol1
  • Benzofurans1
  • Chelidonine1
  • Gratioside1
  • Hydroxymethylfurfural1
  • Loliolide1

Plant parts

  • Aerial part of plants5
  • Unspecified4
  • Live plants1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction10

Effect types

  • Neurotoxicity1

Target tissues

  • Neurologic1

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
AlkaloidsAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction—GC-MSResolve DOI
Benzene-1,2-diolAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction—GC-MSResolve DOI
BenzofuransAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction—GC-MSResolve DOI
CucurbitacinsUnspecifiedSolvent extraction—HPLC with standard detection methodsResolve DOI
GratiosideUnspecifiedSolvent extraction—HPLC with standard detection methodsResolve DOI
HydroxymethylfurfuralAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction—GC-MSResolve DOI
LoliolideAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction—Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
ChelidonineLive plantsSolvent extraction—Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) spectroscopyNo resolvable identifier
CucurbitacinsUnspecifiedSolvent extraction—HPLC with standard detection methodsNo 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.

EffectTarget tissuePlant partPreparationTest organismTest typeSource
NeurotoxicityNeurologicUnspecifiedSolvent extractionHouse mouse (as animal)Acute toxicityNo 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. Ahmad, Mansoor., Muhammad, Noor., Mehjabeen., Jahan, Noor., Ahmad, Manzoor., Habib, Salman. Pharmacological and biological evaluation of extracts from Gratiola officinalis L. (Scrophulariaceae) . Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2012, vol. 25, no. 3, p. 657-663.
  2. Polukonova, N.V., Kurchatova, M.N., Navolokin, N.A., Bucharskaya, A.B., Durnova, N.A., Maslyakova, G.N. A new extraction method of bioflavanoids from poisonous plant (Gratiola Officinalis L.). Russian open medical journal, 2014, vol. 3, no. 3. DOI
  3. Rothenburger, J., Haslinger, E. New cucurbitacine glycosides from Gratiola officinalis L. Monatshefte fur chemie, 1995, vol. 126, no. 12, p. 1331-1339.
  4. Sturm, S., Stuppner, H. Analysis of cucurbitacins in medicinal plants by high-pressure liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Phytochemical analysis, 2000, vol. 11, no. 2, p. 121-127. DOI
  5. Venkov, At., Gulubov, As. Alkaloid composition of Gratiola officinalis. Natura (plovdiv, bulgaria), 1972, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 59-62.
  6. Ali, Liaqat., Rizvi, Tania Shamim., Ahmad, Manzoor., Shaheen, Farzana. New iridoid glycoside from Gratiola officinalis. Journal of asian natural products research, 2012, vol. 14, no. 12, p. 1191-1195. 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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