Botanical species · safety record

Teucrium polium

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 10 constituent measurements and 6 adverse-effect records for Teucrium polium. 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: Teucrium polium L.

10Constituent measurements

6Safety records

10Cited 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

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
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	≥ 5 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	≤ 11.5 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Carvone	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	≤ 1.35 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Carvone	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.88 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Clerodane-type diterpenes	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Menthone	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	≤ 2.65 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Menthone	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.56 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Podophyllotoxin	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	0.09 Percent	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	No resolvable identifier
Verbenone	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	4 Percent	GC-MS	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
Hepatotoxicity	Liver	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	Human (as organism)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Digestive	Liver	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	Human (as organism)	Case report	No resolvable identifier
Hepatotoxicity	Liver	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	House mouse (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Hepatotoxicity	Liver	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	House mouse (as animal)	Acute toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Systemic	Liver	Aerial part of plants	Drying (dehydration)	Rat (as animal)	Subchronic	No resolvable identifier
Systemic	Lung	Aerial part of plants	Drying (dehydration)	Rat (as animal)	Subchronic	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.

Abu Sitta, K.H., Shomah, M.S., Salhab, A.S. Hepatotoxicity of teucrium polium L tea: Supporting evidence in mice models. Australian journal of medical herbalism, 2009, vol. 21, no. 4, p. 106-109.
Starakis, Ioannis., Siagris, Dimitrios., Leonidou, Lydia., Mazokopakis, Elias., Tsamandas, Athanasios., Karatza, Chrysoula. Hepatitis caused by the herbal remedy Teucrium polium L.. European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology, 2006, vol. 18, no. 6, p. 681-683. DOI
Soylu, A.R., Sivri, B., Bayraktar, Y. Hepatoxicity of Teucrium polium. Turkish journal of gastroenterology, 1998, vol. 9, no. 2, p. 196-197.
Bachtarzi, K., Hilmi, S., Laouar, H., Belkheiri, A., Pacha, Y.H. The chronic toxic effect of Teucrium polium aqueous extract on some blood parameters in rat. Der pharma chemica, 2016, vol. 8, no. 19, p. 384-387.
Chizzola, R. Volatile compounds from some wild growing aromatic herbs of the Lamiaceae from southern France. PLANT BIOSYSTEMS, 2006, vol. 140, no. 2, p. 206-210. DOI
Scognamiglio, Monica., D'Abrosca, Brigida., Pacifico, Severina., Isidori, Marina., Esposito, Assunta., Fiorentino, Antonio., Patil, BS., Jayaprakasha, GK., Murthy, KNC., Seeram, NP. Mediterranean Wild Plants As Useful Sources of Potential Natural Food Additives . Emerging trends in dietary components for preventing and combating disease, 2012, vol. 1093, p. 209-235.
Afifi, F.U., Abu-Irmaileh, B.E., Al-Noubani, R.A. Comparative analysis of the essential oils of Teucrium polium L. grown in different arid & semi arid habitats in Jordan. Jordan journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2009, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 42-52.
Elmasri, Wael A., Hegazy, Mohamed-Elamir F., Mechref, Yehia., Pare, Paul W. Cytotoxic saponin poliusaposide from Teucrium polium. Rsc advances, 2015, vol. 5, no. 34, p. 27126-27133. DOI
Konuklugil, Belma. Investigation of podophyllotoxin in some plants in Lamiaceae using HPLC. Ankara universitesi eczacilik fakultesi dergisi, 1996, vol. 25, no. 1, p. 23-27.
De Martino, Laura., Formisano, Carmen., Mancini, Emilia., De Feo, Vincenzo., Piozzi, Franco., Rigano, Daniela., Senatore, Felice. Chemical Composition and Phytotoxic Effects of Essential Oils from Four Teucrium Species . Natural product communications, 2010, vol. 5, no. 12, p. 1969-1976.

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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