EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Silver linden (as plant) // Tilia argentea Desf ex DC // Tilia tomentosa Moench

Family:: Malvaceae
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 157
Number of processed references:: 2

Compositions

#1: saponins in flowers #2: Aesculin in aerial parts

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: Suciu, G., Tamas, M., Hodisan, Viorica., Muica, Ileana. Study on saponins from the flowers of some forms of the Romanian Tilia tomentosa Mnch. clujul medical, 1978, p. 163–168. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

Unspecified
Substance:

Saponins (RF-00004333-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) (F017A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

3.78-7.3
Internal remarks:

saponins in flowers

Composition #2: Tzakou, O., Skaltsa, H., Philianos, S. Polyphenolic constituents of flowers of Tilia tomentosa Moench. plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 1987, p. 305–310. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Aerial part of plants (as part-nature) (A166F)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

water
Substance:

coumarins (RF-00004351-PAR)
Additional substance description:

Aesculin
Analytical method code:

Unspecified (F598A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Aesculin in aerial parts