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Primula veris

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 8 constituent measurements for Primula veris. 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: Primula veris L.

8Constituent measurements

0Safety records

1Cited sources

18Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 18 licensed products naming Primula veris 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

Flower
Flowering top(s)
New material
Whole plant

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
Primulasaponin i	Flower	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.2 Percent	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Primulasaponin i	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	≤ 8.26 Percent	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Primulasaponin i	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	≥ 5.71 Percent	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Primulasaponin i	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≤ 3.3 Percent	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Primulasaponin i	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≥ 1.07 Percent	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Primulasaponin i	Flower	Solvent extraction	≤ 0.28 Percent	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Triterpene saponins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.23 Percent	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Triterpene saponins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	≤ 1.87 Percent	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	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.

Muller, A., Ganzera, M., Stuppner, H. Analysis of phenolic glycosides and saponins in Primula elatior and Primula veris (primula root) by liquid chromatography, evaporative light scattering detection and mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A, 2006, vol. 1112, no. 1-2, p. 218-223. DOI

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