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Cuscuta chinensis

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 3 constituent measurements for Cuscuta chinensis. 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: Cuscuta chinensis Lam.

3Constituent measurements
0Safety records
2Cited sources
439Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 439 licensed products naming Cuscuta chinensis 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.

Extract types on licence

  • Dry
  • Extract Type TBA
  • Fresh
  • decoction

Source material stated

  • Cuscuta Chinensis - Seed
  • Dried ripe seeds
  • Dried seed
  • Fruit mesocarp
  • New material
  • Ripe seed (stir-baked)
  • Ripe seed(s)
  • Ripe seeds

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Carboline alkaloids1
  • Lignans1
  • Tannins1

Plant parts

  • Fruit unspecified2
  • Seed1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction3

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
Carboline alkaloidsFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
LignansFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
TanninsSeedSolvent extraction—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.

  1. YAHARA, S., DOMOTO, H., SUGIMURA, C., NOHARA, T., NIIHO, Y., NAKAJIMA, Y., ITO, H. AN ALKALOID AND 2 LIGNANS FROM CUSCUTA-CHINENSIS. PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 1994, vol. 37, no. 6, p. 1755-1757. DOI
  2. Wang, Jiangning., Li, Xiaorong., Gao, Lei. Study on extraction process of tannins from Semen Cuscutae and their anti-papilloma activity. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, 2013, p. 469-474.

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