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Anadenanthera peregrina

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 11 constituent measurements for Anadenanthera peregrina. 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: Anadenanthera peregrina (L.) Speg.

11Constituent measurements
0Safety records
7Cited sources
0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

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

  • N,n-dimethyltryptamine3
  • Bufotenine2
  • Indole alkaloids2
  • Alkaloids1
  • Carboline alkaloids1
  • Lectins1
  • Tryptamine alkaloids1

Plant parts

  • Seed6
  • Live plants2
  • Leaves1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction7

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
Indole alkaloidsSeedSolvent extractionStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
N,n-dimethyltryptamineLeavesSolvent extractionResolve DOI
AlkaloidsGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
BufotenineSeedSolvent extractionGelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC)No resolvable identifier
BufotenineSeedSolvent extractionGaschromatography (GC)No resolvable identifier
Carboline alkaloidsGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
Indole alkaloidsLive plantsGaschromatography (GC)No resolvable identifier
LectinsSeedSolvent extractionIndirect hemoagglutination test (IHA)No resolvable identifier
N,n-dimethyltryptamineSeedSolvent extractionGelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC)No resolvable identifier
N,n-dimethyltryptamineLive plantsGaschromatography (GC)No resolvable identifier
Tryptamine alkaloidsSeedSolvent extractionGaschromatography (GC)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. Blackledge, Robert D., Phelan, Clay P. Identification of bufotenine in yopo seeds via GC/IRD. Microgram journal, 2006, vol. 4(1-4), p. 3-11.
  2. Agurell, Stig., Holmstedt, Bo., Lindgren, Jan E., Schultes, Richard E. Identification of two new beta-carboline alkaloids in South American hallucinogenic plants. Biochemical pharmacology, 1968, vol. 17, no. 12, p. 2487-8.
  3. FELLOWS, LE., BELL, EA. INDOLE METABOLISM IN PIPTADENIA-PEREGRINA. Phytochemistry, 1971, vol. 10, no. 9, p. 2083-&. DOI
  4. Fish, M. S., Johnson, N. M., Horning, E. C. Piptadenia alkaloids. Indole bases of Piptadenia peregrina and related species. Journal of the american chemical society, 1955, vol. 77, p. 5892-5.
  5. Schultes, Richard Evans., Holmstedt, Bo., Lindgren, Jan Erik., Rivier, Laurent. Comments on toxic plants of the tropical new world XVIII. Phytochemical examination of Spruce's ethnobotanical collection of Anadenanthera peregrina. Botanical museum leaflets, harvard university, 1977, vol. 25, no. 10, p. 273-87.
  6. Fernandes, Andreia V., Ramos, Marcio V., Goncalves, Jose Francisco C., Maranhao, Paulo A. C., Chevreuil, Larissa R., Souza, Luiz Augusto G. Seeds of Amazonian Fabaceae as a source of new lectins. Brazilian journal of plant physiology, 2011, vol. 23, no. 3, p. 237-244.
  7. Erhorn, S. Dimethyltryptamine. Xpharm: the comprehensive pharmacology reference, 2011, p. 1-4. 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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