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Cynodon dactylon

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements and 3 adverse-effect records for Cynodon dactylon. 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: Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.

7Constituent measurements

3Safety records

5Cited sources

9Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 9 licensed products naming Cynodon dactylon 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

Source material stated

Leaf
Root
Whole plant

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
P-coumaric acid	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Live plants	Drying (dehydration)	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Cyanide	Live plants	Drying (dehydration)	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Oxalates	Live plants	Drying (dehydration)	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Live plants	Drying (dehydration)	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	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
Nephrotoxicity	—	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Acute toxicity	Resolve DOI
Systemic	—	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Acute toxicity	Resolve DOI
Pulmonary and cardiac	Respiratory	Aerial part of plants	Fresh	Cattle (as animal)	Case report	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.

Chou, Chang-Hung., Young, Chiu-Chung. PHYTOTOXIC SUBSTANCES IN TWELVE SUBTROPICAL GRASSES. Journal of chemical ecology, 1975, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 183-193. DOI
Khan, Zafar Iqbal., Ahmad, Kafeel., Zafar, Asma., Bashir, Humayun., Hussain, Abrar., Huma, Zile., Shad, Hazoor Ahmad., Sher, Muhammad., Hussain, Ghulam., Noorka, Ijaz Rasool., . Assessment of poisonous and anti-nutritional compounds in wild edible forages consumed by ruminant species. Journal of environmental science and technology, 2015, vol. 8, no. 3, p. 91-101.
Maria Raviolo, Jose., Angel Giraudo, Jose., Bagnis, Guillermo., Jose Lovera, Hernan., Martinez, Ramiro., Nora, Trotti., Mouguelar, Horacio., Zielinski, Gustavo. Description of an acute bovine pulmonary edema and emphysema outbreak in southwest Cordoba, Argentina. Tecnica pecuaria en mexico, 2007, vol. 45, no. 1, p. 111-120.
Sadki, Chrifa., Hacht, Brahim., Souliman, Amrani., Atmani, Fouad. Acute diuretic activity of aqueous Erica multiflora flowers and Cynodon dactylon rhizomes extracts in rats. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2010, vol. 128, no. 2, p. 352-356. DOI
Priya, G., Bhagavathy, S., Najeeb, Nasreen., Suganthi, M. Genotoxic effects of Azadirachta indica and Cynodon dactylon on Allium cepa meristamatic tissue. International journal of scientific research and reviews, 2019, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 4080-4087.

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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