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Alstonia venenata

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 10 constituent measurements for Alstonia venenata. 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 venenata R.Br.

10Constituent measurements

0Safety records

8Cited 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

Plant parts

Preparations

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.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Carboline alkaloids	Bark	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Indole alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Indole alkaloids	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Indole alkaloids	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Indole alkaloids	Bark	Solvent extraction	0.001 Percent	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Indole alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Indole alkaloids	Bark	Solvent extraction	0.09 Percent	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Reserpine	Bark	Solvent extraction	0.02 Percent	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Alstovenine	Unspecified	—	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Venoterpine	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear 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.

MAJUMDER, P., BASU, A. ALSTOLENINE, 19,20-DIHYDROPOLYNEURIDINE AND OTHER MINOR ALKALOIDS OF THE LEAVES OF ALSTONIA-VENENATA. PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 1982, vol. 21, no. 9, p. 2389-2392. DOI
BANERJI, J., CHATTERJEE, A., ROY, DJ., SHOOLERY, JN. 5-METHOXY-1-OXO-TETRAHYDRO-BETA-CARBOLINE, AN ALKALOID FROM ALSTONIA-VENENATA. PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 1982, vol. 21, no. 11, p. 2765-2767. DOI
Ray, A. B., Chatterjee, A. Further studies on the major alkaloids on the stem bark of Alstonia venenata. Structure and stereochemistry of alstovenine and its congeners.. Journal of the indian chemical society, 1964, vol. 41, no. 9, p. 638-40.
Bhattacharya, S.K., Ray, A.B., Guha, S.R. Psychopharmacological studies on echitovenidine. Pharmacological research communications, 1976, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 159-166. DOI
MAJUMDER, PL., JOARDAR, S., CHANDA, TK., DINDA, BN., BANERJEE, M., RAY, AB., CHATTERJEE, A., VARENNE, P., DAS, BC. STRUCTURES AND ABSOLUTE STEREOCHEMISTRY OF (-)-ECHITOVENILINE,(-)-11-METHOXYECHITOVENILINE AND (-)-11-METHOXYECHITOVENEDINE - NEW INDOLE ALKALOIDS OF ALSTONIA-VENENATA RBR. TETRAHEDRON, 1979, vol. 35, no. 9, p. 1151-1157. DOI
Govindachari, T. R., Viswanathan, N., Pai, B. R., Savitri, T. S. Chemical constituents of Alstonia venenata.. Tetrahedron Letters, 1964, no. 15-16, p. 901-6. DOI
MAJUMDER, PL., JOARDAR, S., DINDA, BN., BANDYOPADHYAY, D., JOARDAR, S., BASU, A. STRUCTURE AND ABSOLUTE STEREOCHEMISTRY OF 19-EPI-(+)-ECHITOVENILINE - A NEW INDOLE ALKALOID OF THE LEAVES OF ALSTONIA-VENENATA RBR. TETRAHEDRON, 1981, vol. 37, no. 6, p. 1243-1248. DOI
RAY, AB., CHATTERJ.A. VENOTERPINE - A NEW MONOTERPENOID ALKALOID FROM FRUITS OF ALSTONIA VENENATA R.BR. . Tetrahedron letters, 1968, no. 23, p. 2763-&.

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