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Colchicum neapolitanum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 3 constituent measurements for Colchicum neapolitanum. 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: Colchicum neapolitanum (Ten.) Ten

3Constituent measurements
0Safety 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

  • Colchicin2
  • Colchicoside1

Plant parts

  • Roots and other underground parts used as staple food2
  • Seed1

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
ColchicinRoots and other underground parts used as staple food≥ 0.3 PercentUnspecifiedResolve DOI
ColchicinRoots and other underground parts used as staple food≤ 0.5 PercentUnspecifiedResolve DOI
ColchicosideSeed0.24 PercentPhytochemical screeningNo 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. Sapra, Sameer., Bhalla, Yashika., Nandani., Sharma, Sahil., Singh, Gagandip., Nepali, Kunal., Budhiraja, Abhishek., Dhar, Kanaya L. Colchicine and its various physicochemical and biological aspects. Medicinal chemistry research, 2013, vol. 22, no. 2, p. 531-547. DOI
  2. Santavy, F., Simanek, V., Potesilova, H., Preininger, Vl. Aspects of distribution and quantitative determination of alkaloids in the subfamily Wurmbaeoideae. Cesko-slovenska farmacie, 1981, vol. 30, no. 10, p. 343-8.

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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