Botanical species · safety record

Cyperus esculentus

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements for Cyperus esculentus. 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: Cyperus esculentus L.

6Constituent measurements

0Safety records

2Cited sources

1Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 1 licensed products naming Cyperus esculentus 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.

Source material stated

New material

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
Alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Anthraquinones	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Cardiac glycosides	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Coumarins	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Oxalates	Leaves	—	6.38 Percent	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Roots and other underground parts	—	—	Phytochemical screening	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.

Jing, Si-qun., Ouyang, Wei-qi., Ma, Ze-xin. Quality analysis of activity component of Cyperus esculentus whole plant in Xinjiang. Shipin gongye (shanghai, china), 2012, p. 116-118.
Nkafamiya, I. I., Oseameahon, S. A., Modibbo, U. U., Haggai, D. Vitamins and effect of blanching on nutritional and anti-nutritional values of non-conventional leafy vegetables. African Journal of Food Science, 2010, p. 335-341.

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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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