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Borassus aethiopum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 15 constituent measurements for Borassus aethiopum. 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: Borassus aethiopum Mart.

15Constituent measurements

0Safety records

4Cited sources

3Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 3 licensed products naming Borassus aethiopum 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

New material
Shoot

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	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Anthraquinones	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Fruit unspecified	Essential oil	≤ 2.1 Percent	GC-FID	No resolvable identifier
Myrcene	Fruit unspecified	Essential oil	≥ 1.8 Percent	GC-FID	No resolvable identifier
Oxalates	Seed	Drying (dehydration)	≤ 1.03 Milligram/100 gram	—	No resolvable identifier
Oxalates	Seed	Drying (dehydration)	≥ 0.93 Milligram/100 gram	—	No resolvable identifier
Oxalates	Fruit unspecified	Powder	≤ 13 Percent	—	No resolvable identifier
Oxalates	Fruit unspecified	Powder	≥ 9.6 Percent	—	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Seed	Drying (dehydration)	≥ 1.9 Milligram/100 gram	—	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Fruit unspecified	Powder	≤ 7.09 Percent	—	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Seed	Drying (dehydration)	≤ 2.46 Milligram/100 gram	—	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Fruit unspecified	Powder	≥ 6.99 Percent	—	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Seed	Drying (dehydration)	≤ 269.85 Milligram/100 gram	—	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Seed	Drying (dehydration)	≥ 209.67 Milligram/100 gram	—	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.

Ali, Ahmed., Fadimatou, Bebbe., Tchiegang, Clerge., Saidou, Clement., Adji, Mohammadou Bouba. Physico-chemical and functional properties of batchi or hypocotyle axes of Borassus aethiopum Mart. African Journal of Food Science, 2010, p. 635-641.
Aguzue, Onyinye Chinelo., Akanji, Fausat Temilola., Tafida, Muazu Abubakar., Kamal, Muhammed Jamal., Abdulahi, Surajo Habibu. Comparative chemical constituents of some desert fruits in Northern Nigeria. Archives of Applied Science Research, 2012, p. 1061-1064.
Umaru, H. A., Adamu, R., Dahiru, D., Nadro, M. S. Levels of antinutritional factors in some wild edible fruits of Northern Nigeria. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, 2007, vol. 6, no. 16, p. 1935-1938.
Jirovetz, L., Buchbauer, G., Ngassoum, M. B. Analysis of the aroma compounds of the pulp of Borassus aethiopum L. (Palmaceae) from Cameroon using GC-MS, SPME-GC-MS and olfactometry. Ernaehrung (Vienna), 2000, p. 159-161.

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