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Alocasia macrorrhizos

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 1 constituent measurement and 2 adverse-effect records for Alocasia macrorrhizos. 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: Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don

1Constituent measurements
2Safety records
2Cited sources
0Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

No Health Canada licensed natural health product in the snapshot names this species as a medicinal ingredient under this exact binomial. Absence here means absence from this one register under this one name, not absence from trade, and not a safety verdict.

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Calcium oxalate1

Plant parts

  • Roots and other underground parts2
  • Aerial part of plants1

Effect types

  • Digestive1
  • Neurotoxicity1

Target tissues

  • Neurologic1
  • Stomach1

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
Calcium oxalateAerial part of plantsMicroscopic detectionNo resolvable identifier

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

EffectTarget tissuePlant partPreparationTest organismTest typeSource
DigestiveStomachRoots and other underground partsHuman (as organism)Case reportNo resolvable identifier
NeurotoxicityNeurologicRoots and other underground partsHuman (as organism)Case reportNo 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. Saadi, Sk Md Abu Imam., Mondal, Amal Kumar. Comparative analysis of calcium oxalate crystals of three edible taxa in South West Bengal, India.. International Journal of Current Research, 2013, vol. 5, no. 3, p. 472-478, 7-None.
  2. Chan, T.Y.K., Chan, L.Y., Tam, L.S., Critchley, J.A.J.H. Neurotoxicity following the ingestion of a Chinese medicinal plant, Alocasia macrorrhiza. Human and experimental toxicology, 1995, vol. 14, no. 9, p. 727-728.

Boundary

A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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