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Plumbago europaea

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements for Plumbago 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: Plumbago europaea L.

7Constituent measurements

0Safety records

3Cited 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

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
Cardiac glycosides	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Nonanal	Roots and other underground parts	Essential oil	2.5 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
Plumbagin	Leaves	Solvent extraction	1.5 Percent	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Plumbagin	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	0.1 Percent	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Plumbagin	Roots and other underground parts	Essential oil	69.1 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
Plumbagin	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	0.56 Percent	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	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.

ALNURI, MA., HANNOUN, MA., ZATAR, NA., ABUEID, MA., ALJONDI, WJ., HUSSEIN, AI., ALISHTAYEH, MS. PLUMBAGIN, A NATURALLY-OCCURRING NAPHTHOQUINONE - ITS ISOLATION, SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION IN ROOTS, STEMS, AND LEAVES IN PLUMBAGO-EUROPAEA L . Spectroscopy letters, 1994, vol. 27, no. 4, p. 409-416. DOI
Jaradat, N.A., Zaid, A.N., Hussein, F. Investigation of the antiobesity and antioxidant properties of wild Plumbago europaea and Plumbago auriculata from North Palestine. Chemical and biological technologies in agriculture, 2016, vol. 3, no. 1. DOI
Navaei, MN., Mirza, M., Dini, M. Chemical composition of the essential oil of Plumbago europaea L. roots from Iran . Flavour and fragrance journal, 2005, vol. 20, no. 2, p. 213-214. DOI

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