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Atriplex nummularia

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 4 constituent measurements for Atriplex nummularia. 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: Atriplex nummularia Lindl.

4Constituent measurements

0Safety records

3Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

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

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	Aerial part of plants	—	1.5 Gram/kilogram	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	Resolve DOI
Anthraquinones	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Oxalates	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≥ 3.3 Percent	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Oxalates	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≤ 3.5 Percent	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	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.

van Niekerk, W.A., Sparks, C.F., Rethman, N.F.G., Coertze, R.J. Interspecies and location variation in oxalic acid concentrations in certain Atriplex species and Cassia sturtii. South African Journal of Animal Sciences, 2004, vol. 34, no. 5SUPPL.1, p. 101-104.
Mahipala, M. B. P. Kumara., Krebs, G. L., McCafferty, P., Gunaratne, L. H. P. Chemical composition, biological effects of tannin and in vitro nutritive value of selected browse species grown in the West Australian Mediterranean environment . Animal feed science and technology, 2009, vol. 153, no. 3-4, p. 203-215. DOI
Donia, Abd El Raheim M., Radwan, Asmaa M., Zaghloul, Ahmed M. New cytotoxic anthraquinone glucoside from Atriplex nummularia L.. World journal of pharmaceutical research, 2014, vol. 3, no. 1, p. 1256-1264, 9 pp.

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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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