Botanical species · safety record

Arundo donax

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 16 constituent measurements for Arundo donax. 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: Arundo donax L.

16Constituent measurements

0Safety records

10Cited sources

3Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 3 licensed products naming Arundo donax 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

Fresh underground part(s)

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
Asarone	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Benzaldehyde	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Bufotenine	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Carboline alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Donasine	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Gramine	Shoot	Solvent extraction	0.0173 Millimole/kilogram	LC-MS/MS	Resolve DOI
Indole alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Indole alkaloids	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Indole alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Indole alkaloids	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Syringaresinol	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
3-methylindole	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	No resolvable identifier
Gramine	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Indole	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Indole alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	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.

Zhalolov, IZ., Khuzhaev, VU., Turgunov, KK., Tashkhodzhaev, B., Aripova, SF. Alkaloids of Arundo donax. XIV. Crystal and molecular structure of N-methyl-tetrahydro-beta-carboline . Chemistry of natural compounds, 2003, vol. 39, no. 3, p. 289-291. DOI
Jia, A. -L., Ding, X. -Q., Chen, D. -L., Chao, Z. -Z., Liu, Z. -Y., Chao, R. -B. A new indole alkaloid from Arundo donax L.. Journal of asian natural products research, 2008, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 105-109. DOI
Zhalolov, I., Khuzhaev, VU., Levkovich, MG., Aripova, SF. Alkaloids of Arundo donax. VIII. 3-alkylindole derivatives in A-donax. Chemistry of natural compounds, 2000, vol. 36, no. 5, p. 528-530. DOI
Madinaveitia, J. The alkaloids of Arundo donax L.. Journal of the chemical society (resumed), 1937, p. 1927-1929.
Hong, Y., Hu, H. Y., Sakoda, A., Sagehashi, M. Isolation and characterization of antialgal allelochemicals from Arundo donax L. . Allelopathy journal, 2010, vol. 25, no. 2, p. 357-367.
Liu, Q.-R., Li, J., Zhao, X.-F., Xu, B., Peng, W.-D., Li, S.-X. Studies on constituents from rhizome of Arundo donax. Chinese traditional and herbal drugs, 2016, vol. 47, no. 7, p. 1084-1089. DOI
Kokubo, Yu., Nishizaka, Miho., Ube, Naoki., Yabuta, Yukinori., Tebayashi, Shin-ichi., Ueno, Kotomi., Taketa, Shin., Ishihara, Atsushi. Distribution of the tryptophan pathway-derived defensive secondary metabolites gramine and benzoxazinones in Poaceae . Bioscience biotechnology and biochemistry, 2017, vol. 81, no. 3, p. 431-440. DOI
Khuzhaev, VU., Zhalolov, I., Turgunov, KK., Tashkhodzhaev, B., Levkovich, MG., Aripova, SF., Shashkov, AS. Alkaloids from Arundo donax. XVI. Structure of the new dimeric indole alkaloid arundavine . Chemistry of natural compounds, 2004, vol. 40, no. 3, p. 261-265. DOI
Khuzhaev, VU., Zhalolov, IZ., Levkovich, MG., Aripova, SF., Shashkov, AS. Alkaloids of Arundo donax L. 15. A new dimeric indole alkaloid arundarine from the roots of Arundo donax L. . Russian chemical bulletin, 2004, vol. 53, no. 8, p. 1765-1767. DOI
Rhuzhaev, V.U., Tashkhodzhaev, B., Aripova, S.F. Alkaloids of Arundo donax. III. Reconsideration of the structures of donaxarine and donaxaridine. Chemistry of natural compounds, 1995, vol. 31, no. 5, p. 604-609. DOI

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