EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Herb bennet (as plant) // Geum urbanum L.

Family:: Rosaceae
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 248
Number of processed references:: 6

Compositions

#1: Gallotannins #2: Tannins (leaves) #3: eugenol #4: Eugenol in rhizomes #5: Ellagitannins #6: gallic acid

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: Gstirner, F., Widenmann, H. Contents of the rhizome of Geum urbanum. scientia pharmaceutica, 1964, p. 98–104. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Roots and other underground parts (as part-nature) (A067M)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Substance:

Gallotannins (RF-00013316-PAR)
Additional substance description:

protocatuechic acid
Analytical method code:

Chromatographic tests (F015A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Gallotannins

Composition #2: Palade, Madelena., Teodorescu, Carmen., Heisu, Roxana. Phytochemical studies on the revaluation of the leaves of Geum urbanum L. farmacia (bucharest, romania), 2001, p. 67–70. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Leaves (as part-nature) (A0EKT)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Substance:

Tannins (RF-00004337-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Unspecified (F598A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

12
Internal remarks:

Tannins (leaves)

Composition #3: Vollmann, C., Schultze, W. Composition of the Root Essential Oils of Several Geum Species and Related Members of the Subtribus Geinae (Rosaceae). FLAVOUR AND FRAGRANCE JOURNAL, 1995, vol. 10, no. 3, p. 173–178. DOI: 10.1002/ffj.2730100309. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Roots and other underground parts (as part-nature) (A067M)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Substance:

Eugenol (RF-00003807-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

67.1
Internal remarks:

eugenol

Composition #4: Rusu, Mihai Lucian., Marutoiu, Constantin., Sandu, Ion., Tita, Dumitru., Gogoasa, Ioan., Barbu, Constantin-Horia., Popescu, Andreea. HPTLC and GC-MS for separation and identification of eugenol in plants. jpc-journal of planar chromatography-modern tlc, 2007, vol. 20, no. 2, p. 139–140. DOI: 10.1556/JPC.20.2007.2.13. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Roots and other underground parts (as part-nature) (A067M)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

dichloomethane
Substance:

Eugenol (RF-00003807-PAR)
Analytical method code:

GC-MS (F046A)
Analytical method - additional description:

HPTLC
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Eugenol in rhizomes

Composition #5: Granica, S., Piwowarski, J., Kiss, A. Isolation of tannins from Agrimonia eupatoria, Lythrum salicaria and Geum urbanum and their influence on the release of elastase from stimulated human neutrophils - structure-activity studies . planta medica, 2014, vol. 80, no. 16, p. 1419–1419. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Roots and other underground parts (as part-nature) (A067M)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

methanol, aceton
Substance:

Ellagitannins (hydrolysable tannins) Ellagitannins (hydrolysable tannins) (RF-00004379-PAR)
Additional substance description:

pedunculagin, sthenophylanin, stachyurin, Gemin A&G
Analytical method code:

Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) (F016A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Ellagitannins

Composition #6: Owczarek, Aleksandra., Olszewska, Monika Anna., Gudej, Jan. QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF ELLAGIC ACID AND GALLIC ACID IN GEUM RIVALE L. AND G. URBANUM L.. ACTA BIOLOGICA CRACOVIENSIA SERIES BOTANICA, 2014, vol. 56, no. 2, p. 74–78. DOI: 10.2478/abcsb-2014-0021. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

methanol
Substance:

gallic acid (RF-00003821-PAR)
Analytical method code:

High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) (F018A)
Result unit:

Milligram/gram (G060A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

5.25-8.35
Internal remarks:

gallic acid