EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Sternbergia vernalis (Mill.) Gorer & J.H.Harvey // Sternbergia fischeriana (Herb.) Roem.

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

Compositions

#1: Galanthamine #2: Lycorine in bulbs (quantitative)

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: Cherkasov, O. A. Plant sources of galanthamine. khimiko-farmatsevticheskii zhurnal, 1977, vol. 11, no. 6, p. 84–7. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Unspecified (A07XD)
Additional extraction description:

unspecified
Substance:

galanthamine (RF-00003399-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Unspecified (F598A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Galanthamine

Composition #2: Citoglu, Gulcin Saltan., Yilmaz, Betul Sever., Bahadir, Ozlem. Quantitative analysis of lycorine in Sternbergia species growing in Turkey . chemistry of natural compounds, 2008, vol. 44, no. 6, p. 826–828. DOI: 10.1007/s10600-009-9205-5. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Bulb / clove (as part-nature) (A067A)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

1% H2SO4 by maceration at room temperature for 7 days.
Substance:

lycorine (RF-00003913-PAR)
Analytical method code:

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

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

0.543
Internal remarks:

Lycorine in bulbs (quantitative)