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Ribes nigrum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 13 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Ribes nigrum. 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: Ribes nigrum L.

13Constituent measurements

1Safety records

8Cited sources

343Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 343 licensed products naming Ribes nigrum 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
Fresh
solid

Source material stated

Berry/Berries
Bud
Buds
Dried fruit
Flower
Flower buds
Fresh leaf
Fruit

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Effect types

Target tissues

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
Gallic acid	Bud	Solvent extraction	—	HPLC-DAD	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Bud	Essential oil	≥ 9 Microgram/kilogram	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Bud	Essential oil	≤ 607 Microgram/kilogram	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
P-coumaric acid	Bud	Solvent extraction	—	HPLC-DAD	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Fruit unspecified	—	≥ 59 Nanogram/gram	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
1,8-cineole	Fruit unspecified	—	≤ 960 Nanogram/gram	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Carboline alkaloids	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Carboline alkaloids	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	0.58 Milligram/kilogram	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Carboline alkaloids	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	0.625 Milligram/kilogram	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Methyl salicylate	Leaves	Solvent extraction	1.6 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Fruit unspecified	—	≤ 780 Nanogram/gram	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Fruit unspecified	—	≥ 34 Nanogram/gram	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins)	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

Effect	Target tissue	Plant part	Preparation	Test organism	Test type	Source
Digestive	Digestive	Fruit unspecified	—	—	In vitro	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.

BLECH, S., BUDZIKIEWICZ, H., DILL, D. BETA-CARBOLINE ALKALOIDS FROM RIBES NIGRUM L. Zeitschrift fur naturforschung c-a journal of biosciences, 1994, vol. 49, no. 9-10, p. 540-544.
Zviely, Michael., Li, Ming. Ketoximes: black currant odorants are desirable olfactory agents for perfume compositions. Perfumer flavorist, 2013, p. 36-39.
Boath, Ashley S., Stewart, Derek., McDougall, Gordon J. Berry components inhibit alpha-glucosidase in vitro: Synergies between acarbose and polyphenols from black currant and rowanberry . Food chemistry, 2012, vol. 135, no. 3, p. 929-936. DOI
Christensen, Lars P., Pedersen, Hanne L., Bredie, WLP., Petersen, MA. Varietal differences in the aroma compound profile of blackcurrant berries . Flavour science: recent advances and trends, 2006, vol. 43, p. 257-260.
Dvaranauskaite, A., Venskutonis, P. R., Raynaud, C., Talou, T., Viskelis, P., Sasnauskas, A. Variations in the essential oil composition in buds of six blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum L.) cultivars at various development phases . Food chemistry, 2009, vol. 114, no. 2, p. 671-679. DOI
Vogl, Sylvia., Picker, Paolo., Mihaly-Bison, Judit., Fakhrudin, Nanang., Atanasov, Atanas G., Heiss, Elke H., Wawrosch, Christoph., Reznicek, Gottfried., Dirsch, Verena M., Saukel, Johannes., et al. Ethnopharmacological in vitro studies on Austria's folk medicine-An unexplored lore in vitro anti-inflammatory activities of 71 Austrian traditional herbal drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2013, p. 750-771.
Andersson, J., Bosvik, R., Sydow, E. v. The composition of the essential oil of black currant leaves (Ribes nigrum). Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 1963, p. 834-840.
Ieri, Francesca., Innocenti, Marzia., Possieri, Lucia., Gallori, Sandra., Mulinacci, Nadia. Phenolic composition of bud extracts of Ribes nigrum L., Rosa canina L. and Tilia tomentosa M.. JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS, 2015, vol. 115, p. 1-9. DOI

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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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