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Brachyglottis repanda

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 2 constituent measurements and 2 adverse-effect records for Brachyglottis repanda. 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: Brachyglottis repanda J.R.Forst. & G.Forst

2Constituent measurements
2Safety records
2Cited 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

  • Senecionine1
  • Senkirkine1

Plant parts

  • Aerial part of plants4

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction4

Effect types

  • Hepatotoxicity2

Target tissues

  • Liver2

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
SenecionineAerial part of plantsSolvent extractionGC-MSResolve DOI
SenkirkineAerial part of plantsSolvent extractionGC-MSResolve DOI

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

EffectTarget tissuePlant partPreparationTest organismTest typeSource
HepatotoxicityLiverAerial part of plantsSolvent extractionGuinea pig (as animal)Short-term toxicityResolve DOI
HepatotoxicityLiverAerial part of plantsSolvent extractionGuinea pig (as animal)Short-term toxicityResolve DOI

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. Benn, Michael., Gul, Waseem. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the antipodean genus Brachyglottis (Asteraceae) . Biochemical systematics and ecology, 2007, vol. 35, no. 10, p. 676-681. DOI
  2. MORTIMER, PH., WHITE, EP. HEPATOTOXIC SUBSTANCE IN BRACHYGLOTTIS REPANDA. Nature, 1967, vol. 214, no. 5094, p. 1255-&. 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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