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Rumex sanguineus

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 4 constituent measurements for Rumex sanguineus. 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 sanguineus L.

4Constituent measurements
0Safety records
2Cited 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

  • Chrysophanol1
  • Emodin1
  • Formaldehyde1
  • Physcion1

Plant parts

  • Leaves3
  • 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
ChrysophanolLeavesSolvent extractionStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
EmodinLeavesSolvent extractionStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
FormaldehydeUnspecifiedSolvent extraction160 Microgram/gramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier
PhyscionLeavesSolvent extractionStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)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.

  1. Grznar, K., Rada, K. Isolation and identification of anthraquinone derivatives from the leaves of some Rumex species. Farmaceuticky obzor, 1978, p. 195-199.
  2. Adrian-Romero, M., Blunden, G., Carpenter, B. G., Tyihak, E. HPLC quantification of formaldehyde, as formaldemethone, in plants and plant-like organisms. Chromatographia, 1999, p. 160-166.

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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