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Polygala amara

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 3 constituent measurements for Polygala amara. 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: Polygala amara L.

3Constituent 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

  • Saponins3

Plant parts

  • Live plants1
  • Roots and other underground parts1
  • Unspecified1

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
SaponinsRoots and other underground partsNo resolvable identifier
SaponinsLive plants2 PercentNo resolvable identifier
SaponinsUnspecifiedNo 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. Roberg, Max. Occurrence and distribution of saponins in drug plants. I. Archiv der Pharmazie und Berichte der Deutschen Pharmazeutischen Gesellschaft, 1937, p. 84-103.
  2. Glaser, Erhard., Krauter, Hermann. Saponins of Polygala amara. Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft [Abteilung] B: Abhandlungen, 1924, p. 1604-1610.
  3. Wagner, E. Saponins from domestic [German] plants. Seifensieder-Zeitung, 1941.

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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