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Cestrum diurnum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 4 constituent measurements and 5 adverse-effect records for Cestrum diurnum. 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: Cestrum diurnum L.

4Constituent measurements

5Safety records

5Cited 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
Diurnoside 1	Shoot	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Steroidal saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Nicotine	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No resolvable identifier
Nornicotine	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No 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.

Effect	Target tissue	Plant part	Preparation	Test organism	Test type	Source
Musclo-skeletal	Muscle, skeletal	Leaves	Drying (dehydration)	Pig (as animal)	Subchronic	No resolvable identifier
Pulmonary and cardiac	Cardiovascular / haematological	Leaves	Drying (dehydration)	Rabbit (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Pulmonary and cardiac	Respiratory	Leaves	Drying (dehydration)	Rabbit (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Systemic	Heart	Aerial part of plants	Fresh	Cattle (as animal)	Case report	No resolvable identifier
Systemic	Digestive	Aerial part of plants	Fresh	Cattle (as animal)	Case report	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.

Marrero, E., Aparicio, M., Figueredo, M. A., Bulnes, C., Sanchez, L. M., Palenzuela, I., Durand, R., Stewart, C. S., Pennycott, T. W. Common natural and experimental plant intoxications in animals reported in Cuba. Poisonous Plants and Related Toxins, [Papers presented at the International Symposium of Poisonous Plants], 6th, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Aug., 2001, 2004, p. 335-340.
KASALI, OB., KROOK, L., POND, WG., WASSERMAN, RH. CESTRUM-DIURNUM INTOXICATION IN NORMAL AND HYPER-PARATHYROID PIGS. Cornell veterinarian, 1977, vol. 67, no. 2, p. 190-221. [abstract].
AHMAD, VU., BAQAI, FT., AHMAD, R. A TIGOGENIN PENTASACCHARIDE FROM CESTRUM-DIURNUM. PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 1993, vol. 34, no. 2, p. 511-515. DOI
Halim, A F., Collins, R P., Berigari, M S. Alkaloids produced by Cestrum nocturnum and Cestrum diurnum.. Planta medica, 1971, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 44-53.
Fouad, Mostafa A., Mohamed, Khaled M., Kamel, Mohamed S., Matsunami, Katsuyoshi., Otsuka, Hideaki. Cesdiurins I-III, steroidal saponins from Cestrum diurnum L.. JOURNAL OF NATURAL MEDICINES, 2008, vol. 62, no. 2, p. 168-173. 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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