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Apocynum cannabinum
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 12 constituent measurements for Apocynum cannabinum. 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: Apocynum cannabinum L.
Regulatory presence
Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 20 licensed products naming Apocynum cannabinum 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
What the records describe
Constituents measured
- Cymarin3
- Cardenolides2
- 4-hydroxyacetophenone1
- Acetovanillone1
- Cannogenol1
- Cardenolide glycosides1
- Harmalol1
- Helveticoside1
- Strophantidin1
Plant parts
- Roots and other underground parts12
Preparations
- Solvent extraction12
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-hydroxyacetophenone | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Acetovanillone | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Cannogenol | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Cardenolide glycosides | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Cardenolides | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≥ 0.377 Percent | Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Cardenolides | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≤ 1.025 Percent | Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Cymarin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≥ 0.14 Percent | Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Cymarin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≤ 0.529 Percent | Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Cymarin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Harmalol | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Helveticoside | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Strophantidin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | 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.
- Trabert, H. Constituents of Apocynum cannabinum. IV. Isolation of two acetophenone derivatives and another substance from the rhizomes or Apocynum cannabinum by means of a segmental column chromatography . Planta medica, 1960, vol. 8, p. 85-94.
- ABE, F., YAMAUCHI, T. CARDENOLIDE GLYCOSIDES FROM THE ROOTS OF APOCYNUM CANNABINUM. Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin, 1994, vol. 42, no. 10, p. 2028-2031.
- Genkina, G. L., Khodzhaev, K. Kh., Shakirov, T. T., Abubakirov, N. K. Roots of Apocynum androsaemifolium and Apocynum cannabinum studied for cardenolide content. Khimiya prirodnykh soedinenii, 1972, vol. (3), p. 321-4.
- Lutomski, Jerzy., Nowicka, Barbara., Adamska, Maria. Simple carboline alkaloids. III. Chromatographic investigations of harman alkaloids in Amsonia tabernaemontana, Apocynum cannabinum, and Hippophae rhamnoides. Herba polonica, 1967, vol. 13, no. 4, p. 171-6.
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