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Castilla elastica

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 2 constituent measurements and 2 adverse-effect records for Castilla elastica. 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: Castilla elastica Cerv.

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

  • Cardenolides2

Plant parts

  • Leaves2
  • Seed1
  • Unspecified1

Preparations

  • Latex1
  • Solvent extraction1

Effect types

  • Digestive1
  • Pulmonary and cardiac1

Target tissues

  • Digestive1
  • Heart1

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
CardenolidesSeedSolvent extractionNo resolvable identifier
CardenolidesUnspecifiedLatexNo resolvable identifier

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
DigestiveDigestiveLeavesHuman (as organism)Case reportResolve DOI
Pulmonary and cardiacHeartLeavesHuman (as organism)Case reportResolve 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. Witharana, E W R A., Wijetunga, W M G A S T B., Sathanandan, P P., Wijesinghe, S K J., Wickramaratne, L G B Y. Cardiac toxicity with nodal bradycardia due to Panama rubber (Castilla elastica: Moraceae) poisoning.. The Ceylon medical journal, 2014, vol. 59, no. 3, p. 97-8. DOI
  2. Brauchli, P., Schindler, O., Reichstein, T. CCXXII. Cardenolides from Castilla elastica. Helvetica chimica acta, 1961, p. 904-919.

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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