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Myricaria germanica

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements for Myricaria germanica. 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: Myricaria germanica (L.) Desv.

6Constituent measurements

0Safety records

5Cited sources

1Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Myricaria alopecuroides Schrenk
Myricaria bracteata Royle

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 1 licensed products naming Myricaria germanica 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

Branchlet

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
Ellagitannins (hydrolysable tannins)	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Ellagitannins (hydrolysable tannins)	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Gallic acid	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Capillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE)	Resolve DOI
Lignans	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	—	Chromatographic tests	Resolve DOI
Syringaresinol	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	—	Chromatographic tests	Resolve DOI
Gallic acid	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	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.

Liu, J.-B., Zhang, Y., Cui, B.-S., Li, S. Chemical constituents from twigs of Myricaria bracteata. Chinese traditional and herbal drugs, 2013, vol. 44, no. 19, p. 2661-2665. DOI
Chumbalov, T.K., Bukbulatova, T.N., Il'yasova, M.I. Polyphenols of Myricaria alopecuroides - III. Hydrolyzable tanning substances. Chemistry of natural compounds, 1976, vol. 12, no. 1, p. 127-128. DOI
Chumbalov, T.K., Bikbulatova, T.N., Il'yasova, M.I. Polyphenols of Myricaria IV. A hydrolyzable tannin substance. Chemistry of natural compounds, 1979, vol. 15, no. 1, p. 94. DOI
Chumbalov, T. K., Bikbulatova, T. N., Il'yasova, M. I. Polyphenols of Myricaria alopecuroides. I. Khimiya prirodnykh soedinenii, 1974.
Zhao, DB., Liu, XH., Cui, SY., Wang, T., Wang, HQ. Separation and determination of six active components in two Myricaria plants by capillary chromatography . Chromatographia, 2005, vol. 61, no. 11-12, p. 643-646. DOI

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