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Codiaeum variegatum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements for Codiaeum variegatum. 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: Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Rumph. ex A.Juss.

7Constituent measurements

0Safety records

4Cited 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

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
Calcium oxalate	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Glaucine	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Isoquinoline alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Oxoglaucine	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Phorbol esters	Aerial part of plants	Latex	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	251.41 Milligram/gram	UV/VIS spectroscopy (photometry)	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.

Labu, Z.K., Laboni, F.R., Mamun, M.M.A.-A., Howlader, M.S.I. Antidiarrhoeal activity and total tannin content of ethanolic leaf extract of codiaeum variegatum. Dhaka University Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015, vol. 14, no. 1, p. 87-90.
Minocha, Rakesh., Chamberlain, Bradley., Long, Stephanie., Turlapati, Swathi A., Quigley, Gloria. Extraction and estimation of the quantity of calcium oxalate crystals in the foliage of conifer and hardwood trees. TREE PHYSIOLOGY, 2015, vol. 35, no. 5, p. 574-580. DOI
Hassan, Emad M., Hassan, Rasmia A., Salib, Josline Y., Mohamed, Samy M., El-Toumy, Sayed A. Chemical constituents and cytotoxic activity of Codiaeum variegatum CV. petra. Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 2013, p. 4884-4888.
HOCHLEITHNER, M. POISONING BY LEAVES OF CROTON (CODIAEUM-VARIEGATUM-PICTUM) IN A MEALY AMAZON (AMAZONA-FARINOSA) . Wiener tierarztliche monatsschrift, 1991, vol. 78, no. 2, p. 68-70.

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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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