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Dendrobium chrysanthum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 11 constituent measurements for Dendrobium chrysanthum. 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: Dendrobium chrysanthum Wall. ex Lindl.

11Constituent measurements
0Safety records
9Cited sources
24Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 24 licensed products naming Dendrobium chrysanthum 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

Source material stated

  • Stem
  • Stem(s)

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Alkaloids3
  • Hygrine2
  • Phenanthrenes2
  • Chrysophanol1
  • Emodin1
  • Lignans1
  • Physcion1

Plant parts

  • Live plants6
  • Stem3
  • stalk3
  • Unspecified2

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction7
  • Fresh1

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
HygrineLive plantsSolvent extraction3.33 PercentStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
LignansStem / stalkSolvent extractionStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
PhenanthrenesStem / stalkSolvent extractionResolve DOI
PhenanthrenesLive plantsFreshGelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC)Resolve DOI
AlkaloidsUnspecifiedNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
AlkaloidsUnspecified0.41 PercentColorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and PhotometryNo resolvable identifier
AlkaloidsStem / stalkSolvent extractionStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
ChrysophanolLive plantsSolvent extractionChromatographic testsNo resolvable identifier
EmodinLive plantsSolvent extractionChromatographic testsNo resolvable identifier
HygrineLive plantsMass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatographyNo resolvable identifier
PhyscionLive plantsSolvent extractionChromatographic testsNo 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. Luning, Bjorn., Leander, Kurt. Studies on Orchidaceae alkaloids. III. The alkaloids in Dendrobium primulinum and Dendrobium chrysanthum. Acta chemica scandinavica, 1965, p. 1607-1611.
  2. EKEVAG, U., ELANDER, M., GAWELL, L., LEANDER, K., LUNING, B. STUDIES ON ORCHIDACEAE ALKALOIDS .33. 2 NEW ALKALOIDS, N-CIS-CINNAMOYLNORCUSKHYGRINE AND N-TRANS-CINNAMOYLNORCUSKHYGRINE FROM DENDROBIUM-CHRYSANTHUM WALL. ACTA CHEMICA SCANDINAVICA, 1973, vol. 27, no. 6, p. 1982-1986. DOI
  3. Yang, L., Wang, Y., Bi, Z.-M., Lin, P., Wang, Z.-T., Xu, L.-S. Studies on chemical constituents of Dendrobium chrysanthum. Chinese journal of natural medicines, 2004, vol. 2, no. 5, p. 280-282.
  4. Ekevag, Ulf., Elander, Magnus., Gawell, Lars., Leander, Kurt., Luning, Bjorn. Orchidaceae alkaloids. XXXIII. Two new alkaloids, N-cis- and N-trans-cinnamoylnorcuscohygrine from Dendrobium chrysanthum. Acta chemica scandinavica, None, p. 1982-1986.
  5. Huang, Ming-jin., Luo, Chun-li., Zhao, Zhi., Liu, Hong-chang., Wang, Hua-lei., Li, Jin-ling., Luo, Fu-lai. Determination of polysaccharides and total alkaloids in four Caulis dendrobii materials from Xingyi, Guizhou. Shizhen guoyi guoyao, 2014, p. 1359-1361.
  6. Yang, L., Zhang, CF., Yang, H., Zhang, M., Wang, ZY., Xu, LS. Two new alkaloids from Dendrobium chrysanthum. HETEROCYCLES, 2005, vol. 65, no. 3, p. 633-636.
  7. Yang, L., Qin, LH., Bligh, SWA., Bashall, A., Zhang, CF., Zhang, MA., Wang, ZT., Xu, LS. A new phenanthrene with a spirolactone from Dendrobium chrysanthum and its anti-inflammatory activities . Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2006, vol. 14, no. 10, p. 3496-3501. DOI
  8. Ye, QH., Zhao, WM., Qin, GW. New fluorenone and phenanthrene derivatives from Dendrobium chrysanthum. NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH, 2003, vol. 17, no. 3, p. 201-205. DOI
  9. Ye, QH., Zhao, WM., Qin, GW. Lignans from Dendrobium chrysanthum. JOURNAL OF ASIAN NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH, 2004, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 39-43. DOI

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