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Vicia ervilia

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 11 constituent measurements and 5 adverse-effect records for Vicia ervilia. 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: Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd.

11Constituent measurements

5Safety records

6Cited 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
Canavanine	Seed	—	≤ 0.11 Percent	Capillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE)	Resolve DOI
Canavanine	Seed	—	≥ 0.035 Percent	Capillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE)	Resolve DOI
Canavanine	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 5.28 Milligram/gram	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	Resolve DOI
Canavanine	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 1.93 Milligram/gram	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	Resolve DOI
Canavanine	Seed	—	0.073 Percent	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Lectins	Seed	—	0.75 Gram/kilogram	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Phytic acid	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 6.21 Milligram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Phytic acid	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 8.11 Milligram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins)	Aerial part of plants	Drying (dehydration)	≥ 0.48 Percent	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	Resolve DOI
Proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins)	Aerial part of plants	Drying (dehydration)	≤ 1.03 Percent	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	Resolve DOI
Vicianin	Seed	—	—	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
Other toxicities	Digestive: pancreas	Seed	—	Gallus gallus (chicken) (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	Resolve DOI
Other toxicities	Digestive: pancreas	Seed	—	Gallus gallus (chicken) (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	Resolve DOI
Systemic	Digestive	Seed	—	Gallus gallus (chicken) (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	Resolve DOI
Systemic	Digestive	Seed	—	Gallus gallus (chicken) (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	Resolve DOI
Systemic	Digestive	Seed	—	Gallus gallus (chicken) (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	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.

Martin-Pedrosa, Mercedes., Varela, Alejandro., Guillamon, Eva., Cabellos, Blanca., Burbano, Carmen., Gomez-Fernandez, Jose., de Mercado, Eduardo., Gomez-Izquierdo, Emilio., Cuadrado, Carmen., Muzquiz, Mercedes. Biochemical characterization of legume seeds as ingredients in animal feed . Spanish journal of agricultural research, 2016, vol. 14, no. 1. DOI
Berger, JD., Robertson, LD., Cocks, PS. Agricultural potential of Mediterranean grain and forage legumes: 2) Anti-nutritional factor concentrations in the genus Vicia . Genetic resources and crop evolution, 2003, vol. 50, no. 2, p. 201-212. DOI
Sadeghi, G., Samie, A., Pourreza, J., Rahmani, H.R. Canavanine content and toxicity of raw and treated bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia) seeds for broiler chicken. International journal of poultry science, 2004, vol. 3, no. 8, p. 522-529. DOI
Sadeghi, G. H., Mohammadi, L., Ibrahim, S. A., Gruber, K. J. Use of bitter vetch (vicia ervilia) as a feed ingredient for poultry. Worlds poultry science journal, 2009, vol. 65, no. 1, p. 51-64. DOI
Kaplan, Mahmut., Uzun, Sati., Kokten, Kagan. EFFECTS OF HARVEST TIME ON HAY YIELD AND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT BITTER VETCH (VICIA ERVILIA L.) LINES . Legume research, 2014, vol. 37, no. 2, p. 188-194. DOI
Wilczek, E., Tschumi, L. Note on Vicia ervilia Willd. Schweizerische apotheker-zeitung, 1919, vol. 57, 433-5, p. 448-52.

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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