Botanical species · safety record

Vaccinium corymbosum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 1 constituent measurement and 1 genotoxicity assay for Vaccinium corymbosum. 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: Vaccinium corymbosum L.

1Constituent measurements

1Safety records

2Cited sources

442Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 442 licensed products naming Vaccinium corymbosum 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
Fresh

Source material stated

Berries
Berry extract
Berry juice
Bilberry
Edible fruit part
Fruit
Fruit Juice
Fruit concentrate

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
Ellagitannins (hydrolysable tannins)	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI

Genotoxicity testing

Outcomes of genotoxicity assays as recorded in the source. A negative assay is a result under those test conditions, not a clearance.

Outcome	Endpoint	Test	Tested organism	Metabolic activation	Source
Positive	chromosome aberration	micronucleus assay	House mouse (as animal)	No data	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.

Freitas, Patricia Scotini., de Andrade, Sergio Faloni., Maistro, Edson Luis. Evaluation of the in vivo mutagenic potential of hydroalcoholic extracts of the northern highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L. Ericales, Ericaceae) on peripheral blood cells of Swiss mice (Mus musculus Rodentia, Muridae) . Genetics and molecular biology, 2008, vol. 31, no. 2, p. 555-560. DOI
Wang, Li-Siu., Hecht, Stephen., Carmella, Steven., Seguin, Claire., Rocha, Claudio., Yu, Nanxiong., Stoner, Kristen., Chiu, Steven., Stoner, Gary. Berry Ellagitannins May Not Be Sufficient for Prevention of Tumors in the Rodent Esophagus . Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2010, vol. 58, no. 7, p. 3992-3995. 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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