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Adansonia digitata

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 12 constituent measurements for Adansonia digitata. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Adansonia digitata L.

12Constituent measurements
0Safety records
5Cited sources
30Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 30 licensed products naming Adansonia digitata as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

  • Dry

Source material stated

  • Fruit
  • Fruit flesh
  • Fruit pulp
  • Fruit without juice
  • Seed(s)
  • Whole plant

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Alkaloids4
  • Saponins4
  • Scopoletin2
  • Oxalates1
  • Tannic acid1

Plant parts

  • Leaves4
  • Bark3
  • Seed3
  • Roots and other underground parts2

Preparations

  • Drying (dehydration)6
  • Solvent extraction3
  • Powder1

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

SubstancePlant partPreparationConcentrationAnalytical methodSource
Tannic acidSeedSolvent extraction≤ 98 PercentUnknownResolve DOI
AlkaloidsBarkDrying (dehydration)970 Milligram/kilogramPhytochemical screeningNo resolvable identifier
AlkaloidsLeavesDrying (dehydration)4200 Milligram/kilogramPhytochemical screeningNo resolvable identifier
AlkaloidsSeed—6.4 Percent/100 gram—No resolvable identifier
AlkaloidsRoots and other underground partsDrying (dehydration)1456 Milligram/kilogramPhytochemical screeningNo resolvable identifier
OxalatesLeavesPowder4.28 PercentUnknownNo resolvable identifier
SaponinsBarkDrying (dehydration)1400 Milligram/kilogramPhytochemical screeningNo resolvable identifier
SaponinsSeed—2.06 Percent/100 gram—No resolvable identifier
SaponinsRoots and other underground partsDrying (dehydration)170 Milligram/kilogramPhytochemical screeningNo resolvable identifier
SaponinsLeavesDrying (dehydration)750 Milligram/kilogramPhytochemical screeningNo resolvable identifier
ScopoletinBarkSolvent extraction——No resolvable identifier
ScopoletinLeavesSolvent extraction——No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

  1. Fasola, Taiye R., Iyamah, Pass C. Comparing the phytochemical composition of some plant parts commonly used in the treatment of malaria.. International journal of pure and applied sciences and technology, 2014, vol. 21, no. 1, p. 1-11, 11 pp.
  2. Balogun, Adebisi M., Fetuga, Babatunde L. Tannin, phytin and oxalate contents of some wild underutilized crop-seeds in Nigeria.. Food Chemistry, 1988, vol. 30, no. 1, p. 37-43. DOI
  3. Dan, Sipra., Dan, Sailendra S. Phytochemical study of Adansonia digitata, Coccoloba excoriata, Psychotria adenophylla and Schleichera oleosa.. Fitoterapia, 1986, vol. 57, no. 6, p. 445-6.
  4. Nkafamiya, I. I., Oseameahon, S. A., Modibbo, U. U., Haggai, D. Vitamins and effect of blanching on nutritional and anti-nutritional values of non-conventional leafy vegetables.. African Journal of Food Science, 2010, vol. 4, no. 6, p. 335-341.
  5. Adubiaro, H.O., Olaofe, O., Akintayo, E.T., Babalola, O.-O. Chemical composition, cacium, zinc and phytate interrelationships in baobab (adansonia digitata) seed flour. Advance journal of food science and technology, 2011, vol. 3, no. 4, p. 228-232.

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