Botanical species · safety record

Olea europaea

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements and 1 genotoxicity assay for Olea europaea. 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: Olea europaea L.

6Constituent measurements

1Safety records

4Cited sources

898Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 898 licensed products naming Olea europaea 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
Extract Type TBA
Fresh

Source material stated

Flower
Flower clusters
Flowering clusters
Fresh fruit
Fruit
Fruit (standardized extract)
Fruit flesh
Fruit flesh extract

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
Lignans	Fruit unspecified	—	—	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
P-coumaric acid	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	≤ 2.29 Milligram/litre	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
P-coumaric acid	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.57 Milligram/litre	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Steroids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier

Genotoxicity testing

Outcomes of genotoxicity assays as recorded in the source. A negative assay is a result under those test conditions, not a clearance.

Outcome	Endpoint	Test	Tested organism	Metabolic activation	Source
Positive	DNA damage and/or repair	single cell gel/comet assay in mammalian cells for detection of DNA damage	Human (as organism)	No data	Resolve DOI

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.

Nousis, L., Doulias, PT., Aligiannis, N., Bazios, D., Agalias, A., Galaris, D., Mitakou, S. DNA protecting and genotoxic effects of olive oil related components in cells exposed to hydrogen peroxide . Free radical research, 2005, vol. 39, no. 7, p. 787-795. DOI
Romani, A., Pinelli, P., Mulinacci, N., Galardi, C., Vincieri, FF., Liberatore, L., Cichelli, A. HPLC and HRGC analyses of polyphenols and secoiridoid in olive oil. Chromatographia, 2001, vol. 53, no. 5-6, p. 279-284. DOI
Rahman, M., Khatun, A., Islam, S., Akter, A., Kawser, U. Phytopharmacological evaluation of leaves of olive-Olea Europaea. Pharmacologyonline, 2015, vol. 1, p. 45-49.
Fabiani, Roberto., Sepporta, Maria V., Mazza, Teresa., Rosignoli, Patrizia., Fuccelli, Raffaela., De Bartolomeo, Angelo., Crescimanno, Marilena., Taticchi, Agnese., Esposto, Sonia., Servili, Maurizio., Morozzi, Guido. Influence of Cultivar and Concentration of Selected Phenolic Constituents on the in Vitro Chemiopreventive Potential of Olive Oil Extracts . Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2011, vol. 59, no. 15, p. 8167-8174. 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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