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Benincasa hispida

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 13 constituent measurements for Benincasa hispida. 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: Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.

13Constituent measurements

0Safety records

5Cited sources

73Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 73 licensed products naming Benincasa hispida 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

Exocarp
Fruit
Fruit exocarp
New material
Ripe seed (stir-baked)
Seed
Seed(s)
Semen

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
Alkaloids	Seed	Solvent extraction	—	—	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Seed	Solvent extraction	—	—	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Seed	—	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Cardiac glycosides	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Coumarins	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Cucurbitacins	Seed	—	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Gallic acid	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	2.7 Milligram/kilogram	—	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Seed	—	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	—	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.

Nadhiya, K., Haripriya, D., Vijayalakshmi, K. Pharmacognostic and preliminary phytochemical analysis on Benincasa hispida fruit. Asian journal of pharmaceutical and clinical research, 2014, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 98-101.
Momin, M.A.M., Rashid, M.M., Urmi, K.F., Rana, M.S. Phytochemical screening and investigation of antioxidant and cytotoxicity potential of different extracts of selected medicinal plants of Bangladesh. Research journal of pharmacy and technology, 2013, vol. 6, no. 9, p. 1042-1050.
Pagare, M.S., Patil, L., Kadam, V.J. Benincasa hispida: A natural medicine. Research journal of pharmacy and technology, 2011, vol. 4, no. 12, p. 1941-1944.
Une, H.D., Doshi, G.M. Chromatographic studies on Benincasa hispida (thunb.) Cogn. Seed extract scrutinized by HPLC and HPTLC. Pharmacognosy journal, 2014, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 42-48. DOI
Fatariah, Z., Zulkhairuazha, T. Y. Tg., Rosli, W. I. Wan. Quantitative HPLC Analysis of Gallic Acid in Benincasa hispida Prepared with Different Extraction Techniques. SAINS MALAYSIANA, 2014, vol. 43, no. 8, p. 1181-1187.

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