EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Ilex aquifolium L.

Family:: Aquifoliaceae
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 678
Number of processed references:: 2

Compositions

#1: thebromine in pericarp #2: thebromine in leaves #3: thebromine in stems #4: Cyanogenic glycosides in fruit pulp

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: Bohinc, Pavle. Determination of theobromine in Ilex aquifolium. farmacevtski vestnik (ljubljana, slovenia), 1967, vol. 18(1-4), p. 9–20. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Fruit peel (as part-nature) (A067G)
Substance:

Theobromine (RF-00000334-TOX)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

0.23
Internal remarks:

thebromine in pericarp

Composition #2: Bohinc, Pavle. Determination of theobromine in Ilex aquifolium. farmacevtski vestnik (ljubljana, slovenia), 1967, vol. 18(1-4), p. 9–20. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Leaves (as part-nature) (A0EKT)
Substance:

Theobromine (RF-00000334-TOX)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

0.45
Internal remarks:

thebromine in leaves

Composition #3: Bohinc, Pavle. Determination of theobromine in Ilex aquifolium. farmacevtski vestnik (ljubljana, slovenia), 1967, vol. 18(1-4), p. 9–20. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Stem / stalk (as part-nature) (A067S)
Substance:

Theobromine (RF-00000334-TOX)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

0.4
Internal remarks:

thebromine in stems

Composition #4: BARNEA, A., HARBORNE, JB., PANNELL, C. WHAT PARTS OF FLESHY FRUITS CONTAIN SECONDARY COMPOUNDS TOXIC TO BIRDS AND WHY . biochemical systematics and ecology, 1993, vol. 21, no. 4, p. 421–429. DOI: 10.1016/0305-1978(93)90100-6. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Fruit unspecified (as part-nature) (A067D)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

fruit pulp, excluding seeds extracted with chloroform
Substance:

Cyanogenic glycosides (RF-00004375-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Phytochemical screening (F604A)
Analytical method - additional description:

method of Feigl and Anger (1966)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Cyanogenic glycosides in fruit pulp