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Prunella vulgaris

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 4 constituent measurements for Prunella vulgaris. 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: Prunella vulgaris L.

4Constituent measurements
0Safety records
3Cited sources
163Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 163 licensed products naming Prunella vulgaris 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
  • Extract Type TBA
  • decoction

Source material stated

  • Aerial parts
  • Dried fruit
  • Flower
  • Flower and stem
  • Flower spike
  • Fruit
  • Fruit spike
  • Herb

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid1
  • Esculetin1
  • Pentacyclic triterpene saponins1
  • Umbelliferone1

Plant parts

  • Aerial part of plants2
  • Flowering top1
  • Unspecified1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction4

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
3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acidUnspecifiedSolvent extraction—Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
EsculetinAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction0.0123 Milligram/gramCapillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE)Resolve DOI
Pentacyclic triterpene saponinsFlowering topSolvent extraction—Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
UmbelliferoneAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction0.985 Milligram/gramCapillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE)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.

  1. Hu, Xiaoli., Cui, Shuya., Chen, Xingguo., Hu, Zhide. CE with Field-Enhanced Stacking for Rapid and Sensitive Determination of Umbelliferone, Rutin and Aesculetin in Prunella vulgaris . Chromatographia, 2009, vol. 70, no. 11-12, p. 1733-1736. DOI
  2. Gu, Xiao-Jie., Li, You-Bin., Li, Ping., Qian, Shi-Hui., Zhang, Jian-Feng. Triterpenoid saponins from the spikes of Prunella vulgaris. Helvetica chimica acta, 2007, vol. 90, no. 1, p. 72-78. DOI
  3. Zhou, Y.-M., Tang, J., Xiong, S.-H., Li, Y.-M., Lin, Y., Xia, B.-H., Lin, L.-M., Liao, D.-F. Polar Chemical Constituents from Prunella vulgaris L. and Their Anti-human Breast Tumor Activities. Chinese pharmaceutical journal, 2017, vol. 52, no. 5, p. 362-366. DOI

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