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Canavalia ensiformis

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 13 constituent measurements and 5 adverse-effect records for Canavalia ensiformis. 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: Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC

13Constituent measurements

5Safety records

4Cited 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

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	Seed	—	—	—	Resolve DOI
Canavanine	Seed	—	0.8 Gram/100 gram	—	Resolve DOI
Canavanine	Seed	—	2.864 Gram/100 gram	—	Resolve DOI
Canavanine	Seed	—	50 Gram/kilogram	—	Resolve DOI
Canavanine	Seed	—	51 Gram/kilogram	—	Resolve DOI
Cyanogenic glycosides	Seed	—	—	—	Resolve DOI
Erucic acid	Seed	Drying (dehydration)	0.18 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	Resolve DOI
Lectins	Seed	—	—	—	Resolve DOI
Phytic acid	Seed	—	1.092 Gram/100 gram	—	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Seed	—	—	—	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Seed	—	0.02 Percent	—	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Seed	—	0.571 Gram/100 gram	—	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Seed	—	0.09 Gram/100 gram	—	Resolve DOI

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
Digestive	Digestive: pancreas	Seed	—	—	Not reported	Resolve DOI
Digestive	Digestive	Seed	—	—	Not reported	Resolve DOI
Digestive	Digestive: pancreas	Seed	—	—	Not reported	Resolve DOI
Digestive	—	—	—	—	Not reported	Resolve DOI
Digestive	—	—	—	—	Not reported	Resolve 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.

Sasipriya, Gopalakrishnan., Siddhuraju, Perumal. Evaluation of growth performance, serum biochemistry and haematological parameters on broiler birds fed with raw and processed samples of Entada scandens, Canavalia gladiata and Canavalia ensiformis seed meal as an alternative protein source. TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION, 2013, vol. 45, no. 3, p. 811-820. DOI
Siddhuraju, P., Becker, K. Species/variety differences in biochemical composition and nutritional value of Indian tribal legumes of the genus Canavalia. NAHRUNG-FOOD, 2001, vol. 45, no. 4, p. 224-233. DOI
Udedibie, ABI., Carlini, CR. Questions and answers to edibility problem of the Canavalia ensiformis seeds - A review. ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 1998, vol. 74, no. 2, p. 95-106. DOI
DMELLO, JPF. CHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS TO THE USE OF TROPICAL LEGUMES IN ANIMAL NUTRITION. ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 1992, vol. 38, no. 2-3, p. 237-261. 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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