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Ilex pubescens

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 12 constituent measurements for Ilex pubescens. 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: Ilex pubescens Hook. & Arn.

12Constituent measurements
0Safety records
7Cited sources
38Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 38 licensed products naming Ilex pubescens 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

Source material stated

  • Branches and roots
  • Dried root(s)
  • Root

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Lignans2
  • Pentacyclic triterpene saponins2
  • Anthraquinones1
  • Daidzein1
  • Esculetin1
  • Genistin1
  • Hydroquinone1
  • Liriodendrin1
  • Monoterpene ketones1
  • Umbelliferone1

Plant parts

  • Roots and other underground parts7
  • Leaves3
  • Stem2
  • stalk2

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction12

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
EsculetinStem / stalkSolvent extraction—Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
LignansRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction—Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
Pentacyclic triterpene saponinsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction—Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
AnthraquinonesStem / stalkSolvent extraction—Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and PhotometryNo resolvable identifier
DaidzeinLeavesSolvent extraction—Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and PhotometryNo resolvable identifier
GenistinLeavesSolvent extraction—Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and PhotometryNo resolvable identifier
HydroquinoneRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction—UnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
LignansRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction—UnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
LiriodendrinRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction—UnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
Monoterpene ketonesLeavesSolvent extraction—UnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
Pentacyclic triterpene saponinsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction—UnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
UmbelliferoneRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction—UnspecifiedNo 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. Zhou, Y., Zhou, S.-X., Jiang, Y., Sun, J., Tu, P.-F. Chemical constituents in leaves of Ilex pubescens. Chinese traditional and herbal drugs, 2012, vol. 43, no. 8, p. 1479-1483.
  2. Xing, Xian-dong., Zhang, Qian., Feng, Feng., Liu, Wen-yuan. [Chemical constituents from stems of Ilex pubescens].. Zhong yao cai = Zhongyaocai = Journal of Chinese medicinal materials, 2012, vol. 35, no. 9, p. 1429-31.
  3. Yang, X., Ding, Y., Sun, Z. -H., Zhang, D. -M. Studies on chemical constituents from Ilex pubescens. JOURNAL OF ASIAN NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH, 2006, vol. 8, no. 6, p. 505-510. DOI
  4. Zhou, Yuan., Chai, Xing-Yun., Zeng, Ke-Wu., Zhang, Jia-Yu., Li, Ning., Jiang, Yong., Tu, Peng-Fei. Ilexpublesnins C-M, Eleven New Triterpene Saponins from the Roots of Ilex pubescens. PLANTA MEDICA, 2013, vol. 79, no. 1, p. 70-77. DOI
  5. Lin Li-Ping., Qu Wei., Liang Jing-Yu. Chemical Constituents from the Stems of Ilex pubescens var. glabra. Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines, 2011, vol. 9, no. 3, p. 176-179. DOI
  6. Qin, Wen-Juan., Chiao, Chung-Ying., Fan, Tse-Tung., Chang, Kun-Shan., Pei, Li-Chia. Studies on the active constituents in the leaves of Ilex pubescens Hook. et Arn. var. glaber Change. Part II. Zhongcaoyao, 1980, p. 97-98.
  7. Yin, Wenqing., Zhou, Zhongliu., Zou, Jieming., Meng, Jie., Fu, Chunyan. Chemical constituents in root of Ilex pubescens Hook. et Arn.. Zhongcaoyao, 2007, p. 995-997.

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