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Bowdichia virgilioides

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 5 constituent measurements for Bowdichia virgilioides. 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: Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth

5Constituent 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

  • Acosmine1
  • Eugenol1
  • Ormosanine1
  • Piptanthine1
  • Seselin1

Plant parts

  • Bark2
  • Roots and other underground parts2
  • Stem1
  • stalk1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction5

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.

SubstancePlant partPreparationConcentrationAnalytical methodSource
AcosmineStem / stalkSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
EugenolRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction3.5 PercentNo resolvable identifier
OrmosanineBarkSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
PiptanthineBarkSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
SeselinRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction2.9 PercentGC-MSNo 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.

  1. Arriaga, �.M.C., Machado, M.I.L., Gomes, G.A., Craveiro, A.A. Volatile Constituents from Roots of Bowdichia virgilioides Kunt. Journal of essential oil research, 1998, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 205-206.
  2. Torrenegra, Ruben., Bauereiss, Peter., Achenbach, Hans. Constituents of tropical medicinal plants. Part 36. Homoormosanine-type alkaloids from Bowdichia virgiloides. Phytochemistry, 1989, p. 2219-2221.
  3. Barbosa-Filho, JM., Almeida, JRGS., Costa, VCO., Da-Cunha, EVL., Da Silva, MS., Braz-Filho, R. Bowdichine, a new diaza-adamantane alkaloid from Bowdichia virgilioides. JOURNAL OF ASIAN NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH, 2004, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 11-17. DOI

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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