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Aristolochia fontanesii

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 8 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Aristolochia fontanesii. 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: Aristolochia fontanesii Boiss. & Reut.

8Constituent measurements

1Safety records

2Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Aristolochia longa L.

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
Tannins	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	130.8 Microgram	—	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	132.3 Microgram	—	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	54.4 Microgram	—	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	99.36 Microgram	—	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	14.14 Microgram	—	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	155.46 Microgram	—	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Roots and other underground parts used as staple food	Solvent extraction	14.98 Microgram	—	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Roots and other underground parts used as staple food	Solvent extraction	206.93 Microgram	—	Resolve DOI

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
Neurotoxicity	Neurologic: central nervous system	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	House mouse (as animal)	Subchronic	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.

Merouani, N., Belhattab, R., Sahli, F. EVALUATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF ARISTOLOCHIA LONGA L. EXTRACTS. International journal of pharmaceutical sciences and research, 2017, vol. 8, no. 5, p. 1978-1992. DOI
Benzakour, Ghita., Benkirane, Nouhad., Amrani, Mariam., Oudghiri, Mounia. Immunostimulatory potential of Aristolochia longa L. induced toxicity on liver, intestine and kidney in mice. Journal of toxicology and environmental health sciences, 2011, vol. 3, no. 8, p. 214-222.

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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