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Bambusa vulgaris

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements and 6 adverse-effect records for Bambusa vulgaris. 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: Bambusa vulgaris Schrad.

7Constituent measurements

6Safety records

6Cited sources

84Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 84 licensed products naming Bambusa vulgaris 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

Dry
Fresh

Source material stated

Bambusa vulgaris - shoot
Bambusa vulgaris - stems
Bambusa vulgaris- Leaf
Bambusa vulgaris- Stem
Leaf
Leaf and stem
Shoot
Shoots - standardized 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
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≥ 4.08 Percent	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Cardiac glycosides	Leaves	—	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≥ 1.12 Percent	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.91 Percent	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Hydrocyanic acid	Shoot	Solvent extraction	≤ 77.94 Milligram/kilogram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Hydrocyanic acid	Shoot	Solvent extraction	≥ 66.93 Milligram/kilogram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Hydrocyanic acid	Leaves	—	26.2 Milligram/kilogram	Unspecified	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
Neurotoxicity	Neurologic: central nervous system	Leaves	—	—	Chronic/long term toxicity	Resolve DOI
Systemic	Uterus	Leaves	Solvent extraction	Rabbit (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	Resolve DOI
Teratogenic	Urogenital	Leaves	Solvent extraction	Rabbit (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	Resolve DOI
Teratogenic	Urogenital	Leaves	Solvent extraction	Rabbit (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	Resolve DOI
Hepatotoxicity	Liver	Leaves	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Hepatotoxicity	Liver	Leaves	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Short-term 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.

Barbosa, Jose Diomedes., de Oliveira, Carlos Magno C., Duarte, Marcos Dutra., Riet-Correa, Gabriela., Peixoto, Paulo Vargas., Tokarnia, Carlos Hubinger. Poisoning of horses by bamboo, Bambusa vulgaris. Journal of equine veterinary science, 2006, vol. 26, no. 9, p. 393-398. DOI
Yakubu, M. T., Bukoye, B. B., Oladiji, A. T., Akanji, M. A. Toxicological implications of aqueous extract of Bambusa vulgaris leaves in pregnant Dutch rabbits . Human & experimental toxicology, 2009, vol. 28, no. 9, p. 591-598. DOI
Arise, R. O., Igunnu, A., Malomo, S. O. Effect of administration of aqueous extract of Bambusa vulgaris leaves on some biochemical variables of rat liver and serum . Journal of medicinal plants research, 2011, vol. 5, no. 9, p. 1622-1626.
Yakubu, Musa T., Bukoye, Bimbo B. Abortifacient potentials of the aqueous extract of Bambusa vulgaris leaves in pregnant Dutch rabbits . Contraception, 2009, vol. 80, no. 3, p. 308-313. DOI
Caasi-Lit, Merdelyn T., Mabesa, Linda B., Candelaria, Roy B. Bamboo Shoot Resources of the Philippines II. Proximate Analysis, Cyanide Content, Shoot Characteristics and Sensory Evaluation of Local Bamboo Species . Philippine journal of crop science, 2010, vol. 35, no. 3, p. 31-40.
Onwuka, Christopher F. I. Hydrocyanic acid contents of tropical browse and their influence on performance of goats. Food chemistry, 1992, vol. 45, no. 1, p. 5-10.

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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