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Asparagus racemosus

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 12 constituent measurements and 2 adverse-effect records for Asparagus racemosus. 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: Asparagus racemosus Willd.

12Constituent measurements

2Safety records

7Cited sources

175Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 175 licensed products naming Asparagus racemosus 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.

Extract types on licence

Source material stated

Racine
Rhizome Extract
Root
Root (standardized extract)
Root aerial
Root and Stolon
Root and rhizome
Root extract

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
Protodioscin	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	≤ 1 Milligram/gram	LC-MS/MS	Resolve DOI
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	—	—	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	LC-MS/MS	Resolve DOI
Steroidal saponins	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Racemosol	Roots and other underground parts	—	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Racemosol	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Seed	—	≤ 15 Percent	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Roots and other underground parts	Drying (dehydration)	≤ 5.4 Percent	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Roots and other underground parts	Drying (dehydration)	≥ 4 Percent	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Seed	—	≥ 1.6 Percent	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Steroidal saponins	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier

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
Other toxicities	Urogenital: kidneys	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Acute toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Teratogenic	Uterus	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Reproduction toxicity	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.

Singh, Akansha., Sinha, B. Asparagus racemosus and its phytoconstituents; an updated review.. Asian journal of biochemical and pharmaceutical research, 2014, vol. 4, no. 4, p. 230-240.
Chawla, Amit., Chawla, Payal., Mangalesh., Roy, R. C. Asparagus racemosus (Willd): biological activities & its active principles.. Indo Global Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2011, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 113-120.
Dutta, Avijit., Ghoshal, Angana., Mandal, Debayan., Mondal, Nirup B., Banerjee, Sukdeb., Sahu, Niranjan P., Mandal, Chitra. Racemoside A, an anti-leishmanial, water-soluble, natural steroidal saponin, induces programmed cell death in Leishmania donovani. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2007, vol. 56, no. 9, p. 1196-1204. DOI
Hussain, Shaik Abdul., Panjagari, Narender Raju., Singh, R. R. B., Patil, G. R. Potential Herbs and Herbal Nutraceuticals: Food Applications and Their Interactions with Food Components . Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 2015, vol. 55, no. 1, p. 94-122. DOI
Jaiswal, Yogini., Liang, Zhitao., Ho, Alan., Chen, Hubiao., Zhao, Zhongzhen. A Comparative Tissue-specific Metabolite Analysis and Determination of Protodioscin Content in Asparagus Species used in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda by use of Laser Microdissection, UHPLC-QTOF/MS and LC-MS/MS. PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS, 2014, vol. 25, no. 6, p. 514-528. DOI
Kumar, M. C. Satish., Udupa, A. L., Sammodavardhana, K., Rathnakar, U. P., Shvetha, Udapa., Kodancha, G. P. Acute Toxicity and Diuretic Studies of the Roots of Asparagus racemosus Willd in Rats . West indian medical journal, 2010, vol. 59, no. 1, p. 3-6.
Goel, R. K., Prabha, T., Kumar, M. Mohan., Dorababu, M., Singh, Prakash., Singh, G. Teratogenicity of Asparagus racemosus Willd. root, a herbal medicine. Indian journal of experimental biology, 2006, vol. 44, no. 7, p. 570-573.

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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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