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Persicaria maculosa

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 11 constituent measurements for Persicaria maculosa. 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: Persicaria maculosa Gray

11Constituent measurements
0Safety records
1Cited sources
0Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

No Health Canada licensed natural health product in the snapshot names this species as a medicinal ingredient under this exact binomial. Absence here means absence from this one register under this one name, not absence from trade, and not a safety verdict.

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Epicatechin-3-gallate4
  • Gallic acid4
  • 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid3

Plant parts

  • Roots and other underground parts6
  • Aerial part of plants5

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction11

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
3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acidRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 0.09 Milligram/gramLC-MS-MS (QqQ)No resolvable identifier
3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acidRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 0.06 Milligram/gramLC-MS-MS (QqQ)No resolvable identifier
3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acidAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction0.2 Milligram/gramLC-MS-MS (QqQ)No resolvable identifier
Epicatechin-3-gallateAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≥ 0.08 Milligram/gramLC-MS-MS (QqQ)No resolvable identifier
Epicatechin-3-gallateRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 0.15 Milligram/gramLC-MS-MS (QqQ)No resolvable identifier
Epicatechin-3-gallateRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 0.16 Milligram/gramLC-MS-MS (QqQ)No resolvable identifier
Epicatechin-3-gallateAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≤ 0.3 Milligram/gramLC-MS-MS (QqQ)No resolvable identifier
Gallic acidRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 1.3 Milligram/gramLC-MS-MS (QqQ)No resolvable identifier
Gallic acidRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 1.9 Milligram/gramLC-MS-MS (QqQ)No resolvable identifier
Gallic acidAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≥ 1.8 Milligram/gramLC-MS-MS (QqQ)No resolvable identifier
Gallic acidAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≤ 2.5 Milligram/gramLC-MS-MS (QqQ)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.

  1. Svircev, E., Simin, N., Orcic, D., Bekvalac, K., Franciskovic, M., Sibul, F., Mimica-Dukic, N. Persicaria maculosa S. F. Gray 1821-Comparative analysis of herb and root extracts: Chemical composition and antioxidant activity. PLANTA MEDICA, 2014, vol. 80, no. 16, p. 1478-1479.

Boundary

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