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Plantago lanceolata

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements for Plantago lanceolata. 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: Plantago lanceolata L.

6Constituent measurements
0Safety records
1Cited sources
60Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 60 licensed products naming Plantago lanceolata 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
  • Fresh

Source material stated

  • Aerial parts
  • Aged bark
  • Herb
  • Herb top
  • Herba
  • Leaf
  • Leaf/Leaves
  • Leaves

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Chrysophanol2
  • Emodin2
  • Physcion2

Plant parts

  • Unspecified6

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction6

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
ChrysophanolUnspecifiedSolvent extraction≥ 0.1 Milligram/kilogramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier
ChrysophanolUnspecifiedSolvent extraction≤ 0.2 Milligram/kilogramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier
EmodinUnspecifiedSolvent extraction≥ 0.1 Milligram/kilogramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier
EmodinUnspecifiedSolvent extraction≤ 0.2 Milligram/kilogramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier
PhyscionUnspecifiedSolvent extraction≤ 0.3 Milligram/kilogramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier
PhyscionUnspecifiedSolvent extraction≥ 0.2 Milligram/kilogramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)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. Mueller, S. O., Schmitt, M., Dekant, W., Stopper, H., Schlatter, J., Schreier, P., Lutz, W. K. Occurrence of emodin, chrysophanol and physcion in vegetables, herbs and liquors. Genotoxicity and anti-genotoxicity of the anthraquinones and of the whole plants. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 1999, p. 481-491.

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