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Chamaecrista nomame

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 11 constituent measurements for Chamaecrista nomame. 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: Chamaecrista nomame (Sieber) H.Ohashi

11Constituent measurements
0Safety records
4Cited sources
0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

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

  • Emodin2
  • Ligustilide2
  • Physcion2
  • Anthraquinone1
  • Chrysophanol1
  • Physcion-9-anthrone1
  • Phytic acid1
  • Saponins1

Plant parts

  • Seed6
  • Aerial part of plants3
  • Leaves2

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction8
  • Essential oil2

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
AnthraquinoneSeed0.45 PercentUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
ChrysophanolAerial part of plantsSolvent extractionUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
EmodinAerial part of plantsSolvent extractionUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
EmodinSeedSolvent extractionUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
LigustilideLeavesEssential oil≥ 2.52 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
LigustilideLeavesEssential oil≤ 5.31 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
PhyscionAerial part of plantsSolvent extractionUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
PhyscionSeedSolvent extractionUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
Physcion-9-anthroneSeedSolvent extractionUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
Phytic acidSeedSolvent extraction1.16 PercentColorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and PhotometryNo resolvable identifier
SaponinsSeedSolvent extraction0.55 PercentUnspecifiedNo 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.

  1. Ahn, Sang-Yeol., Choi, Hyang-Sook. Compositional changes in Cassia mimosoides var. noname (M.) essential oil. Journal of essential oil-bearing plants, 2009, p. 509-520.
  2. Kitanaka, Susumu., Takido, Michio. Anthraquinoids from Cassia nomame. Journal of Natural Products, 1985.
  3. Shim, S.I., Jun, W.J., Kang, B.H. Evaluation of nutritional and antinutritional components in Korean wild legumes. Plant foods for human nutrition, 2003, vol. 58, no. 3, p. 1-11.
  4. Koshioka, Masaji., Ikemoto, Choji., Nishimura, Mayumi., Ishii, Yasuko., Takino, Yoshio. Studies on the evaluation of crude drugs. 4. Quantitative estimation of anthraquinone in Cassia seeds. 3. Shoyakugaku zasshi, 1979, p. 72-76.

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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