EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Tragopogon pratensis L.

Family:: Asteraceae
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 110
Number of processed references:: 2

Compositions

#1: Epoxides (flower) #2: Saponins (Tragopogonoside A - I) (whole plant)

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: Karrer, P., Jucker, E., Rutschmann, J., Steinlin, K. Carotenoid epoxides. Natural occurrence of xanthophyll epoxide and α-carotene epoxide. helvetica chimica acta, 1945, p. 1146–1156. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Flower (as part-nature) (A067B)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

petroleum ether, MeOH
Substance:

epoxides (RF-00010829-PAR)
Additional substance description:

xanthophyll epoxide, alpha-carotene epoxide
Analytical method code:

Chromatographic tests (F015A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Epoxides (flower)

Composition #2: MIYASE, T., KOHSAKA, H., UENO, A. TRAGOPOGONOSIDES-A-I, OLEANANE SAPONINS FROM TRAGOPOGON-PRATENSIS. PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 1992, vol. 31, no. 6, p. 2087–2091. DOI: 10.1016/0031-9422(92)80368-O. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Live plants (as part-nature) (A0BA0)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

H2O
Substance:

pentacyclic triterpene saponins (RF-00004334-PAR)
Additional substance description:

Tragopogonoside A - I
Analytical method code:

Chromatographic tests (F015A)
Analytical method - additional description:

NMR
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Saponins (Tragopogonoside A - I) (whole plant)