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Polygonatum multiflorum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 8 constituent measurements for Polygonatum multiflorum. 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: Polygonatum multiflorum (L.) All.

8Constituent measurements

0Safety records

5Cited sources

14Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 14 licensed products naming Polygonatum multiflorum 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.

Source material stated

Rhizome
Rhizome(s)
Root
Seed(s)

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
Diosgenin	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.04 Percent	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Diosgenin	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	≤ 0.52 Percent	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Diosgenin	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≤ 0.09 Percent	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Diosgenin	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.07 Percent	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Lectins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	340 Milligram/kilogram	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Lectins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Lectins	Seed	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Steroidal saponins	Leaves	—	—	Unspecified	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.

Sendra, J., Janeczko, Z. Spectrophotometric determination of diosgenin in Polygonatum multiflorum L. in different periods of vegetation. Herba hungarica, 1981, vol. 20, no. 1-2, p. 187-195.
Antoniuk, V O. Purification and properties of lectins of Polygonatum multiflorum L. All. and Polygonatum verticillatum L. All . . Ukrainskii biokhimicheskii zhurnal (1978), 1993, vol. 65, no. 1, p. 41-8.
VanDamme, EJM., Barre, A., Rouge, P., VanLeuven, F., Balzarini, J., Peumans, WJ. Molecular cloning of the lectin and a lectin-related protein from common Solomon's seal (Polygonatum multiflorum) . Plant molecular biology, 1996, vol. 31, no. 3, p. 657-672.
Stoika, R.S., Antonyuk, V.O., Yakymovych, I.A., Yakymovych, M.Y.A., Korchynsky, O.G., Preobrazhenska, O.V., Stasyk, T.V., Kashtchak, N.I., Lutsik, M.D. Tumor cell response to cytotoxic lectins and heat shock in vitro: Study of possible involvement of transforming growth factor beta1. International journal of medicine, biology and the environment, 2000, vol. 28, no. 1, p. 65-69.
Seibt, Uta., Kasang, Gerhard., Wickler, Wolfgang. Suggested pharmacophagy of the African bushhopper Phymateus leprosus (Fabricius) (pyrgomorphidae, orthoptera). Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung, C: Journal of Biosciences, 2000, p. 442-448.

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