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Rumex acetosa
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 17 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Rumex acetosa. 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: Rumex acetosa L.
Regulatory presence
Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 13 licensed products naming Rumex acetosa 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
What the records describe
Constituents measured
- Anthracene derivatives3
- Chrysophanol2
- Emodin2
- Physcion2
- Aloe-emodin1
- Aloin a1
- Anthraquinones1
- Nepodin1
- Oxalic acid1
- Rhein1
Plant parts
- Live plants8
- Aerial part of plants4
- Unspecified2
- Fruit unspecified1
- Leaves1
- Roots and other underground parts1
- Stem1
- stalk1
Preparations
- Solvent extraction15
Effect types
- Systemic1
Target tissues
- Neurologic1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthraquinones | Aerial part of plants | Solvent extraction | — | Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) | Resolve DOI |
| Chrysophanol | Aerial part of plants | Solvent extraction | — | Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) | Resolve DOI |
| Emodin | Aerial part of plants | Solvent extraction | — | Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) | Resolve DOI |
| Oxalic acid | Unspecified | — | 3000 ppm | — | Resolve DOI |
| Physcion | Aerial part of plants | Solvent extraction | — | Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) | Resolve DOI |
| Aloe-emodin | Live plants | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Aloin a | Live plants | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Anthracene derivatives | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | 0.83 Milligram/gram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Anthracene derivatives | Leaves | Solvent extraction | 1.59 Milligram/gram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Anthracene derivatives | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | 3.76 Milligram/gram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Chrysophanol | Live plants | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Emodin | Live plants | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Nepodin | Unspecified | — | — | Unspecified | No resolvable identifier |
| Physcion | Live plants | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Rhein | Live plants | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Sennoside a | Live plants | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Sennoside b | Live plants | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Systemic | Neurologic | Stem / stalk | — | Human (as organism) | Case report | 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.
- Wegiera, Magdalena., Smolarz, Helena D., Wianowska, Dorota., Dawidowicz, Andrzej L. Anthracene derivatives in some species of Rumex L. genus. Acta societatis botanicorum poloniae, 2007, vol. 76, no. 2, p. 103-108.
- Mithril, Charlotte., Dragsted, Lars Ove. Safety evaluation of some wild plants in the New Nordic Diet. Food and chemical toxicology, 2012, vol. 50, no. 12, p. 4461-4467. DOI
- Lee, NJ., Choi, JH., Koo, BS., Ryu, SY., Han, YH., Lee, SI., Lee, DU. Antimutagenicity and cytotoxicity of the constituents from the aerial parts of Rumex acetosa . Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin, 2005, vol. 28, no. 11, p. 2158-2161. DOI
- Hsiao, Pei-Ken., Ho, Li-I., Chen, Pi-Chu., Kuo, Hang-Chou. Botanical and chemical studies of Chinese herbal medicine Yangti. Yaoxue tongbao, 1980, vol. 15, no. 7, p. 48.
- Suckling, C.W. The recent case of poisoning by common sorrel (rumex acetosa). British medical journal, 1886, vol. 2, no. 1339, p. 436. DOI
- Sharma, Mrs. Manju., Rangaswami, S. Chemical components of the roots of Rumex acetosa: isolation of omega-acetoxyaloe emodin, a new 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone derivative. Indian journal of chemistry, section b: organic chemistry including medicinal chemistry, 1977, vol. 15B, no. 10, p. 884-5.
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