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Corydalis ambigua

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 15 constituent measurements for Corydalis ambigua. 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: Corydalis ambigua Cham.& Schltdl.

15Constituent measurements
0Safety records
6Cited 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

  • Benzophenanthridine alkaloids3
  • Tetrahydropalmatin3
  • Corydaline2
  • Isoquinoline alkaloids2
  • Alkaloids1
  • Allocryptopine1
  • Canadine1
  • Protoberberine1
  • Protopine1

Plant parts

  • Roots and other underground parts used as staple food12
  • Unspecified3

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction8

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
AllocryptopineRoots and other underground parts used as staple foodSolvent extraction0.001 PercentStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
Benzophenanthridine alkaloidsRoots and other underground parts used as staple foodSolvent extraction0.007 PercentStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
Benzophenanthridine alkaloidsRoots and other underground parts used as staple foodSolvent extraction0.003 PercentStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
Benzophenanthridine alkaloidsRoots and other underground parts used as staple foodSolvent extractionUnspecifiedResolve DOI
CorydalineRoots and other underground parts used as staple foodSolvent extraction0.019 PercentStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
Isoquinoline alkaloidsRoots and other underground parts used as staple foodSolvent extraction0.001 PercentStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
Isoquinoline alkaloidsRoots and other underground parts used as staple foodSolvent extraction0.0035 PercentStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
ProtoberberineRoots and other underground parts used as staple foodUnspecifiedResolve DOI
ProtopineRoots and other underground parts used as staple foodUnspecifiedResolve DOI
TetrahydropalmatinRoots and other underground parts used as staple foodSolvent extraction0.003 PercentStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
AlkaloidsRoots and other underground parts used as staple food0.45 PercentHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier
CanadineUnspecifiedUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
CorydalineRoots and other underground parts used as staple food0.21 PercentHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier
TetrahydropalmatinUnspecifiedUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
TetrahydropalmatinUnspecifiedUnspecifiedNo 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. NARUTO, S., KANEKO, H. CONSTITUENTS OF CORYDALIS SPECIES .11. ALKALOIDS FROM CORYDALIS-AMBIGUA. Phytochemistry, 1973, vol. 12, no. 12, p. 3008-3009. DOI
  2. Hsu, B., Kin, K. C. Pharmacological study of tetrahydropalmatine and its analogs. A new type of central nervous system depressant. Archives internationales de pharmacodynamie et de therapie, 1962, vol. 139, p. 318-27.
  3. ZHU, XZ. DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL-PRODUCTS AS DRUGS ACTING ON CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM . Memorias do instituto oswaldo cruz, 1991, vol. 86, p. 173-175.
  4. Yang, Zhiyou., Liu, Zhihui., Jiang, Baohong., Teng, Fukang., Wang, Yu., Han, Na., Guo, Dean., Yin, Jun. Ambidalmines A-E and ambidimerine F: Bioactive dihydrobenzophenanthridine alkaloids from Corydalis ambigua var. amurensis . European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2014, vol. 84, p. 417-424. DOI
  5. Yasuda, Masaho., Konoshima, Masao., Kano, Yoshihiro. Pharmacognostical and botanical studies on the crude drugs in Hokkaido (IV). Determination of tertiary alkaloids in Corydalis ambigua by high performance liquid chromatography. Shoyakugaku zasshi, 1986, vol. 40, no. 1, p. 61-4.
  6. Schroeder, K. M., Yu, K. W., Zhao, L. K., Eaton, J. B., Segerberg, M., Lukas, R. J., Wu, J. TETRAHYDROBERBERINE, A NOVEL NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR MODULATOR.. Society for neuroscience abstract viewer and itinerary planner, 2002, vol. 2002, p. Abstract No. 137.7-Abstract No. 137.7.

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