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Cuscuta epithymum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 4 constituent measurements for Cuscuta epithymum. 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 epithymum Murray

4Constituent measurements

0Safety records

4Cited 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

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
Saponins	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	—	Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC)	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Live plants	Solvent extraction	41.74 Milligram/100 gram	UV/VIS spectroscopy (photometry)	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Unspecified	—	—	—	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.

Aynehchi, Y., Salehi Sormaghi, M. H., Amin, Gh., Khoshkhow, M., Shabani, A. Survey of Iranian plants for saponins, alkaloids, flavonoids and tannins. III. International Journal of Crude Drug Research, 1985, p. 33-41.
Ganapaty, S., Ramaiah, M., Yasaswini, K., Kuthakki, V.K., Harikrishnareddy, D. Preliminary qualitative, quantitative phytochemical analysis and in vitro antioxidant potential of methanolic extract of Cuscuta epithymum (l.) l whole plant. International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Research, 2013, vol. 5, no. 3, p. 236-241.
Ganapaty, S., Ramaiah, M., Yasaswini, K., Kumar, C.R. Determination of total phenolic, flavonoid, alkaloidal contents and in vivo screening for hepatoprotective activity of Cuscuta Epithymum (L.) L whole plant against CCL4 induced liver damage animal model. International journal of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, 2013, vol. 5, no. 4, p. 738-742.
Biswas, S. K., Chowdhury, A., Das, J., Karmakar, U. K., Raihan, S. Z., Das, A. C., Hannan, M. A., Dinar, M. A. Monsur., Hassan, M. J., Hossain, M. I., Farhad, M. R. Phytochemical Investigation and Chromatographic Evaluation with Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Potentials of Cuscuta epithymum. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY, 2012, vol. 8, no. 5, p. 422-427. DOI

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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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