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Prunus padus

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 8 constituent measurements for Prunus padus. 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: Prunus padus L.

8Constituent measurements

0Safety records

5Cited 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
Benzaldehyde	Flower	Solvent extraction	19.8 Percent Area	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Prunasin	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Amygdalin	Aerial part of plants	—	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Benzaldehyde	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	74.87 Percent Area	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Benzaldehyde	Leaves	Essential oil	76.02 Percent Area	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Coumarins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	UV/VIS spectroscopy (photometry)	No resolvable identifier
Cyanogenic glycosides	Aerial part of plants	—	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Tannic acid	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	UV/VIS spectroscopy (photometry)	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.

idonggu., SanghyunLee., coegyeong. GC/MS analysis of volatile constituents from woody plants. Journal of agricultural science, 2011, vol. 38, no. 4, p. 723-730.
Radulovic, Niko S., Dordevic, Aleksandra S., Zlatkovic, Bojan K., Palic, Radosav M. GC-MS analyses of flower ether extracts of Prunus domestica L. and Prunus padus L. (Rosaceae) . Chemical papers, 2009, vol. 63, no. 4, p. 377-384. DOI
Czerniewicz, P., Leszczynski, B., Chrzanowski, G., Sempruch, C., Sytykiewicz, H. Effects of host plant phenolics on spring migration of bird cherry-oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi L.). ALLELOPATHY JOURNAL, 2011, vol. 27, no. 2, p. 309-316.
Sargison, ND., Williamson, DS., Duncan, JR., McCance, RW. Prunus padus (bird cherry) poisoning in cattle. Veterinary record, 1996, vol. 138, no. 8, p. 188-188.
Santamour, FS. Amygdalin in Prunus leaves. PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 1998, vol. 47, no. 8, p. 1537-1538. DOI

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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