Botanical species · safety record

Cistanche deserticola

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 1 constituent measurement and 2 adverse-effect records for Cistanche deserticola. 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: Cistanche deserticola Y.C.Ma

1Constituent measurements

2Safety records

2Cited sources

164Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 164 licensed products naming Cistanche deserticola as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Dry
decoction

Source material stated

Aerial parts
Dried fleshy stem with scales
Dried stem
Fleshy stem
Fleshy stems with scales
Herb
Leaf
Scale

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
Eugenol	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	83.6 Percent	GC-MS	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
Reproductive	Testes	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	House mouse (as animal)	Reproduction toxicity	Resolve DOI
Reproductive	Testes	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	House mouse (as animal)	Reproduction toxicity	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.

Kim, San Woong., Yoo, Seung Hyeong., Lee, Hee Jae., Kim, Kyudam., Kim, Do Rim., Park, Seong Kyu., Chang, Mun Seog. Cistanches herba Induces Testis Cytotoxicity in Male Mice. Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology, 2012, vol. 88, no. 1, p. 112-117. DOI
Hui, Ruihua., Hou, Dongyan., Li, Tiechun., Guan, Chongxin. Analysis of volatile components in herb Cistanche. Fenxi huaxue, 2003, p. 601-603.

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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