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Viola tricolor

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements for Viola tricolor. 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: Viola tricolor L.

6Constituent measurements
0Safety records
5Cited sources
63Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 63 licensed products naming Viola tricolor 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

Source material stated

  • Aerial parts
  • Flower
  • Flower tops
  • Fresh aerial part collected at flowering time
  • Fresh aerial parts collected at flowering time
  • Grass(es)
  • Herb
  • Herb top

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Alkaloids1
  • Methyl salicylate1
  • P-coumaric acid1
  • Salicylic acid1
  • Saponins1
  • Triterpene saponins1

Plant parts

  • Aerial part of plants3
  • Live plants2
  • Roots and other underground parts1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction5
  • Essential oil1

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
AlkaloidsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction—UnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
Methyl salicylateLive plantsEssential oil—UnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
P-coumaric acidAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction—UnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
Salicylic acidAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction—UnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
SaponinsAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction—UnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
Triterpene saponinsLive plantsSolvent extraction5.2 PercentStandard 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. Linde, O. Radix Violae odoratae and radix violae tricoloris. Apoth. ztg., 1919, p. 37-38.
  2. Lovkova, M. J., Sokolova, S. M., Busuk, G. N., Ponomareva, S. M., Shelepova, O. V. Specificity of elementary composition of plants in synthesizing saponins. Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 1996, p. 81-85.
  3. Boruch, Teresa., Gora, Jozef., Bielawska, Maria., Swiatek, Lucjan., Luczak, Stefania. Extracts of plants and their cosmetic application. Part XI. Extracts from herb of Viola tricolor. Pollena: tluszcze, srodki piorace, kosmetyki, 1985, p. 38-40.
  4. Schimmel and Co. Ethereal oils. Geschaftsber, None.
  5. Tamas, M., Grecu, Lucia., Rosca, M. Studies on triterpene saponins in Viola tricolor L. Farmacia (bucharest, romania), 1981, p. 99-103.

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