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Alternanthera sessilis

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 3 constituent measurements and 2 adverse-effect records for Alternanthera sessilis. 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: Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC.

3Constituent measurements

2Safety records

4Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

ALRSE

Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.

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

Effect types

Target tissues

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
Alkaloids	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Leaves	Drying (dehydration)	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Leaves	Drying (dehydration)	—	Phytochemical screening	No 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.

Effect	Target tissue	Plant part	Preparation	Test organism	Test type	Source
Hepatotoxicity	Liver	Leaves	Solvent extraction	House mouse (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Nephrotoxicity	Urogenital: kidneys	Leaves	Solvent extraction	House mouse (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	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.

Mondal, Himangsu., Saha, Sanjib., Awang, Khalijah., Hossain, Hemayet., Ablat, Abdulwali., Islam, Md Khirul., Jahan, Ismet Ara., Sadhu, Samir K., Hossain, Md Golam., Shilpi, Jamil A., Uddin, Shaikh J. Central-stimulating and analgesic activity of the ethanolic extract of Alternanthera sessilis in mice. BMC COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, 2014, vol. 14. DOI
Gayathri, B. M., Balasuriya, K., de S Gunawardena, G. S. Panduka., Rajapakse, R. P. V. Jayantha., Dharmaratne, H. Ranjith W. Toxicological studies of the water extract of green leafy vegetable Sessile joy weed (Alternanthera sessilis). CURRENT SCIENCE, 2006, vol. 91, no. 11, p. 1517-1520.
Dhole, J.A., Dhole, N.A., Lone, K.D., Bodke, S.S. Preliminary phytochemical analysis of weeds in Marathwada region. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences, 2012, vol. 3, no. 4, p. 764-767.
Anitha, R., Kanimozhi, S. Pharmacognostic Evaluation of Alternanthera Sessilis (L.) R.Br.ex.DC. Pharmacognosy journal, 2012, vol. 4, no. 28, p. 31-34. DOI

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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