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Canavalia rosea

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 10 constituent measurements for Canavalia rosea. 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 rosea (Sw.) DC

10Constituent measurements

0Safety records

4Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Canavalia maritima Thouars
Canavalia obtusifolia (Lam.) DC.

Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.

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

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
Canarosine	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Canavanine	Leaves	Raw, no heat treatment	≤ 0.88 Percent	UV/VIS spectroscopy (photometry)	No resolvable identifier
Canavanine	Leaves	Raw, no heat treatment	≥ 0.74 Percent	UV/VIS spectroscopy (photometry)	No resolvable identifier
Canavanine	Seed	Raw, no heat treatment	≤ 1.7 Percent	UV/VIS spectroscopy (photometry)	No resolvable identifier
Canavanine	Seed	Raw, no heat treatment	≥ 1.17 Percent	UV/VIS spectroscopy (photometry)	No resolvable identifier
Formononetin	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Genistein	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Lectins	Seed	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Medicarpin	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Sativan	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	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.

D'Cunha, Melwyn., Sridhar, Kandikere Ramaiah. -canavanine and -arginine in two wild legumes of the genus Canavalia. IIOAB Journal, 2010, p. 29-33.
Pattamadilok, Duangpen., Pengsuparp, Thitima., Phummiratch, Duangkamol., Ongpipattanakul, Boonsri., Meksuriyen, Duangdeun., Kawanishi, Kazuko., Kaneda, Norito., Suttisri, Rutt. Canarosine: A new guanidine alkaloid from Canavalia rosea with inhibitory activity on dopamine D1 receptors. JOURNAL OF ASIAN NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH, 2008, vol. 10, no. 10, p. 915-918. DOI
Huang, Xinping., Mu, Bing., Lin, Wenhan., Qiu, Yan. Pterocarpin and isoflavan derivatives from Canavalia maritima (Aubl.) Thou. Records of Natural Products, 2012, p. 166-170.
Arruda, Francisco Vassiliepe Sousa., Melo, Arthur Alves., Vasconcelos, Mayron Alves., Carneiro, Romulo Farias., Barroso-Neto, Ito Liberato., Silva, Suzete Roberta., Pereira-Junior, Francisco Nascimento., Nagano, Celso Shiniti., Nascimento, Kyria Santiago., Teixeira, Edson Holanda., et al. Toxicity and binding profile of lectins from the genus Canavalia on brine shrimp. BioMed Research International, 2013, p. 154542/1-154542/8.

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