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Anamirta paniculata

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements for Anamirta paniculata. 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: Anamirta paniculata Colebr.

7Constituent measurements

0Safety records

7Cited sources

3Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Anamirta cocculus (L.) Wight & Arn.

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

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 3 licensed products naming Anamirta paniculata 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

Tincture of the seeds, coarsely powdered

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
Isoquinoline alkaloids	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Sesquiterpene lactones	Seed	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Oxypalmatine	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	5e-04 Percent	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No resolvable identifier
Picrotoxin	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	1.4 Percent	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Picrotoxin	Seed	—	1.2 Percent	—	No resolvable identifier
Sesquiterpene lactones	Fruit unspecified	—	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Triterpene saponins	Stem / stalk	—	—	—	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.

Jayasinghe, U. L. B., Wannigama, G. P., Balasubramaniam, S., Nasir, Habib., Atta-ur-Rahman. Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids from Anamirta cocculus and Diploclisia glaucescens. Journal of the national science council of sri lanka, 1992, vol. 20, no. 2, p. 187-90.
VERPOORTE, R., SIWON, J., TIEKEN, MEM., SVENDSEN, AB. STUDIES ON INDONESIAN MEDICINAL-PLANTS .5. THE ALKALOIDS OF ANAMIRTA-COCCULUS . Journal of natural products, 1981, vol. 44, no. 2, p. 221-224. DOI
Clark, E. P. Preparation of picrotoxin. Journal of the american chemical society, 1935, vol. 57, p. 1111.
Amma, K. Pankajakshi. Chemical examination of plant products possessing insecticidal properties. Bulletin of the research institute, university of kerala, trivandrum, series a: physical sciences, 1954, vol. 3(Ser. A), p. 129-32.
Jayasinghe, U. L. B., Wannigama, G. P., Fujimoto, Y. Chemistry and bioactivity of saponins from some Sri Lankan plants. Proceedings of the phytochemical society of europe, 2000, vol. 45(Saponins in Food, Feedstuffs and Medicinal Plants), p. 113-119.
Agarwal, SK., Singh, SS., Verma, S., Kumar, S. Two picrotoxin derivatives from Anamirta cocculus. Phytochemistry, 1999, vol. 50, no. 8, p. 1365-1368. DOI
Pradhan, P., Mamdapur, V. R., Sipahimalani, A. T. Methyl picrotoxate, a minor component of berries of plant Anamrita cocculus and its stereochemistry by high resolution NMR spectroscopy. Indian journal of chemistry, section b: organic chemistry including medicinal chemistry, 1990, vol. 29B, no. 7, p. 676-7.

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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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