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Liquidambar formosana
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements for Liquidambar formosana. 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: Liquidambar formosana Hance
Regulatory presence
Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 49 licensed products naming Liquidambar formosana 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
What the records describe
Constituents measured
- Gallic acid2
- Epoxides1
- Gallocatechin1
- Pentacyclic triterpene saponins1
- Tannins1
Plant parts
- Roots and other underground parts3
- Fruit unspecified2
- Bark1
Preparations
- Solvent extraction4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epoxides | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | Resolve DOI |
| Gallic acid | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | HPLC with standard detection methods | Resolve DOI |
| Gallocatechin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | HPLC with standard detection methods | Resolve DOI |
| Pentacyclic triterpene saponins | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | HPLC with standard detection methods | Resolve DOI |
| Gallic acid | Fruit unspecified | — | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Tannins | Bark | — | 10.9 Percent | — | 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.
- Yu, Juan., Liu, Shanshan., Xuan, Lijiang. Two new lupene-type triterpenoids from the roots of Liquidambar formosana . Natural product research, 2012, vol. 26, no. 7, p. 630-636. DOI
- Osima, Yasuyosi., Ito, Hirosi. Vegetable tannins in Formosa. III. Nippon nogei kagaku kaishi, 1939, p. 634-635.
- Konno, C., Oshima, Y., Hikino, H., Yang, L L., Yen, K Y. Antihepatotoxic principles of Liquidambar formosana fruits.. Planta medica, 1988, vol. 54, no. 5, p. 417-9. DOI
- Li, Chun., Sun, Yuru., Sun, Youfu. Chemical composition of Fructus liquidambaris-Lulutong. Yaoxue xuebao, 2002, p. 263-266.
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