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Cordia martinicensis

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 2 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Cordia martinicensis. 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: Cordia martinicensis (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.

2Constituent measurements

1Safety 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

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
Alkaloids	Leaves	Drying (dehydration)	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Leaves	Drying (dehydration)	—	Phytochemical screening	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
Hepatotoxicity	Liver	Leaves	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Chronic/long term toxicity	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.

Rapisarda, A., Barbera, R., De Pasquale, A., Ficarra, P., Ficarra, R., Tommasini, S., Calabro, M.L., Ragusa, S. Cordia francisci, C. martinicensis, C. myxa, C. serratifolia, and C. ulmifolia leaves as new sources of rutin: Analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity. Planta medica, 1992, vol. 58, no. 7 SUPPL.
Mart�nez Hormaza, Ioanna., Victoria Amador, Mar�a del Carmen., Brito �lvarez, Gisselle., Mor�n Rodr�guez, Francisco., L�pez Barreiro, Marisol., Garc�a Hern�ndez, Ana Ibis., Dum�nigo Gonz�lez, Abel., Morej�n Rodr�guez, Zulema., Bacallao Elguea, Yunier., Nossin, Emmanuel. Preclinical validation of antinociceptive, antiinflammatory, and antipyretic activities of Cordia martinicensis leave decoction . Revista cubana de plantas medicinales, 2014, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 29-39.

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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