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Alstonia constricta

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 5 constituent measurements for Alstonia constricta. 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: Alstonia constricta Muell.

5Constituent measurements
0Safety records
4Cited sources
2Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 2 licensed products naming Alstonia constricta 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.

Source material stated

  • Bark

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Reserpine2
  • Alkaloids1
  • Alstonine1
  • Vincamajine1

Plant parts

  • Roots and other underground parts3
  • Bark1
  • Stem1
  • stalk1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction5

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
AlkaloidsStem / stalkSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
AlstonineBarkSolvent extractionUnspecifiedResolve DOI
ReserpineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 0.28 PercentHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier
ReserpineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 0.23 PercentHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier
VincamajineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)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. CROW, WD., HANCOX, NC., JOHNS, SR., LAMBERTO.JA. NEW ALKALOIDS OF ALSTONIA-CONSTRICTA. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 1970, vol. 23, no. 12, p. 2489-&.
  2. Crow, W. D., Greet, Yolande M. The occurrence of reserpine in Alstonia constricta.. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1955, vol. 8, p. 460-3.
  3. ALLAM, K., BEUTLER, JA., LEQUESNE, PW. 14-KETOALSTONIDINE AND OTHER ALKALOIDAL CONSTITUENTS OF THE STEM BARK OF ALSTONIA-CONSTRICTA . Journal of natural products, 1987, vol. 50, no. 4, p. 623-625. DOI
  4. Leonard, Nelson J., Elderfield, Robert C. Alstonia alkaloids. I. Degradation of alstonine to beta-carboline bases and the reduction of tetrahydroalstonine with sodium and butyl alcohol.. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1942, vol. 7, p. 556-72. DOI

Boundary

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