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Colocasia esculenta

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 9 constituent measurements for Colocasia esculenta. 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: Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

9Constituent measurements

0Safety records

5Cited sources

1Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 1 licensed products naming Colocasia esculenta 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.

Source material stated

Root

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
Lectins	Roots and other underground parts used as staple food	Solvent extraction	—	Gel electrophoresis	Resolve DOI
Oxalates	Bulb / clove	Raw, no heat treatment	1234 Milligram/kilogram	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Calcium oxalate	Stem / stalk	—	—	Microscopy/PCR RNAsn U1	No resolvable identifier
Calcium oxalate	Leaves	—	—	Microscopy/PCR RNAsn U1	No resolvable identifier
Calcium oxalate	Bulb / clove	—	—	Microscopy/PCR RNAsn U1	No resolvable identifier
Oxalates	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	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.

Kumawat, N.S., Chaudhari, S.P., Wani, N.S., Deshmukh, T.A., Patil, V.R. Antidiabetic activity of ethanol extract of Colocasia esculenta leaves in alloxan induced diabetic rats. International journal of pharmtech research, 2010, vol. 2, no. 2, p. 1246-1249.
Saadi, Sk Md Abu Imam., Mondal, Amal Kumar. Comparative analysis of calcium oxalate crystals of three edible taxa in South West Bengal, India. International journal of current research, 2013, p. 472-478.
Roy, A., Banerjee, S., Majumder, P., Das, S. Efficiency of mannose-binding plant lectins in controlling a homopteran insect, the red cotton bug . Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2002, vol. 50, no. 23, p. 6775-6779. DOI
Slaughter, R.J., Beasley, D.M.G., Lambie, B.S., Wilkins, G.T., Schep, L.J. Poisonous plants in New Zealand: A review of those that are most commonly enquired about to the national poisons centre. New zealand medical journal, 2012, vol. 125, no. 1367, p. 87-118.
Ravindran, V., Sivakanesan, R., Cyril, HW. Nutritive value of raw and processed colocasia (Colocasia esculenta) corm meal for poultry . Animal feed science and technology, 1996, vol. 57, no. 4, p. 335-345. DOI

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