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Dermatophyllum secundiflorum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 41 constituent measurements and 3 adverse-effect records for Dermatophyllum secundiflorum. 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: Dermatophyllum secundiflorum (Ortega) Gandhi & Reveal

41Constituent measurements
3Safety records
13Cited sources
0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.

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

  • (-)-sparteine5
  • N-methylcytisine5
  • Cytisine4
  • Lupanine4
  • Anagyrine3
  • Formononetin3
  • Quinolizidine alkaloids3
  • Alkaloids2
  • Calycosin2
  • Genistein2

Plant parts

  • Aerial part of plants10
  • Leaves8
  • Seed8
  • Roots and other underground parts6
  • Fruit unspecified5
  • Stem5
  • stalk5
  • Unspecified1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction35

Effect types

  • Neurotoxicity2
  • Digestive1

Target tissues

  • Brain1
  • Digestive1
  • Neurologic1

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
(-)-sparteineAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≥ 0.0087 PercentGC-FIDResolve DOI
(-)-sparteineAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≤ 0.33 PercentGC-FIDResolve DOI
(-)-sparteineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
AlkaloidsFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
AnagyrineAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≥ 0.14 PercentGC-FIDResolve DOI
AnagyrineAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≤ 0.29 PercentGC-FIDResolve DOI
Biochanin-aStem / stalkSolvent extraction3 MilligramNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
CalycosinRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction120 Milligram—Resolve DOI
CalycosinRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction234 MilligramNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
CytisineAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≥ 0.067 PercentGC-FIDResolve DOI
CytisineAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≤ 0.92 PercentGC-FIDResolve DOI
FormononetinRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction6 Milligram—Resolve DOI
FormononetinRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction142 MilligramNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
FormononetinStem / stalkSolvent extraction52 MilligramNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
GenisteinRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction4 Milligram—Resolve DOI
GenisteinStem / stalkSolvent extraction9 MilligramNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
IsosparteineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
LupanineAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≥ 0.01 PercentGC-FIDResolve DOI
LupanineAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≤ 0.028 PercentGC-FIDResolve DOI
LupanineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
N-methylcytisineAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≥ 0.0098 PercentGC-FIDResolve DOI
N-methylcytisineAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≤ 0.12 PercentGC-FIDResolve DOI
N-methylcytisineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction—Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
Pipecolic acid (-)-SeedSolvent extraction—Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
PratenseinRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction9 MilligramNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
PrunetinStem / stalkSolvent extraction5 MilligramNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
Quinolizidine alkaloidsLeavesSolvent extraction—GC-MSResolve DOI
Quinolizidine alkaloidsStem / stalkSolvent extraction—GC-MSResolve DOI
(-)-sparteineSeed———No resolvable identifier
(-)-sparteineLeavesSolvent extraction—Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
AlkaloidsLeavesSolvent extraction9 MilligramNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
AnagyrineSeed———No resolvable identifier
BaptifolineLeavesSolvent extraction5 MilligramNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
CytisineUnspecified———No resolvable identifier
CytisineLeavesSolvent extraction2 GramNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
LupanineSeed———No resolvable identifier
LupinineLeavesSolvent extraction1.2 GramNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
N-methylcytisineSeed———No resolvable identifier
N-methylcytisineLeavesSolvent extraction60 MilligramNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
Quinolizidine alkaloidsLeavesSolvent extraction600 MilligramNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier

40 of 41 records are shown, ordered so that records carrying a resolvable reference come first.

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

EffectTarget tissuePlant partPreparationTest organismTest typeSource
NeurotoxicityNeurologicSeed—Human (as organism)Not reportedResolve DOI
DigestiveDigestiveSeed—Human (as organism)Case reportNo resolvable identifier
NeurotoxicityBrain——Human (as organism)Case reportNo 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. Roth, Brett., Domanski, Kristina. Sophora secundiflora ingestions reported to poison centers. Clinical toxicology, 2017, vol. 55, no. 7, p. 747-747.
  2. STEGER, RE. NATIVE PLANTS POISONOUS TO HUMANS. Journal of range management, 1972, vol. 25, no. 1, p. 71-&. DOI
  3. Abdel-Baky, A. M., Makboul, M. A. Sparteine and 13-hydroxy sparteine from leaves of Sophora secundiflora (Orteg.)Lag. Bulletin of pharmaceutical sciences, assiut university, 1985, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 99-108.
  4. IINUMA, M., OHYAMA, M., TANAKA, T., SHIRATAKI, Y., BURANDT, CL. ISOFLAVONOIDS IN ROOTS OF SOPHORA-SECUNDIFLORA. Phytochemistry, 1995, vol. 39, no. 4, p. 907-910. DOI
  5. Lee, Stephen T., Cook, Daniel., Molyneux, Russell J., Davis, T. Zane., Gardner, Dale R. Alkaloid profiles of Dermatophyllum arizonicum, Dermatophyllum gypsophilum, Dermatophyllum secundiflorum, Styphnolobium affine, and Styphnolobium japonicum previously classified as Sophora species. Biochemical systematics and ecology, 2013, vol. 49, p. 87-93. DOI
  6. Kite, GC., Pennington, RT. Quinolizidine alkaloid status of Styphnolobium and Cladrastis (Leguminosae). Biochemical systematics and ecology, 2003, vol. 31, no. 12, p. 1409-1416. DOI
  7. CHAVEZ, PI., SULLIVAN, G. A QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON OF THE QUINOLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS OF THE FASCIATED AND NORMAL STEMS OF SOPHORA-SECUNDIFLORA. Journal of natural products, 1984, vol. 47, no. 4, p. 735-736. DOI
  8. Makboul, A. M., Abdel-Baky, A. M., Bishay, D. W. Argentine, lupinine, cytisine and N-methylcytisine alkaloids from Sophora secundiflora cultivated in Egypt. Bulletin of pharmaceutical sciences, assiut university, 1987, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 47-54.
  9. Shirataki, Y., Yoshida, S., Sugita, Y., Yokoe, I., Komatsu, M., Ohyama, M., Tanaka, T., Iinuma, M. Isoflavanones in roots of Sophora secundiflora. Phytochemistry, 1997, vol. 44, no. 4, p. 715-718. DOI
  10. Tanaka, T., Ohyama, M., Iinuma, M., Shirataki, Y., Komatsu, M., Burandt, CL. Isoflavonoids from Sophora secundiflora, S-arizonica and S-gypsophila. Phytochemistry, 1998, vol. 48, no. 7, p. 1187-1193. DOI
  11. Murakoshi, Isamu., Kubo, Hajime., Ikram, Mohammad., Israr, Mohammad., Shafi, Nusrat., Ohmiya, Shigeru., Otomasu, Hirotaka. (+)-11-Oxocytisine, a lupine alkaloid from leaves of Sophora secundiflora. Phytochemistry, 1986, vol. 25, no. 8, p. 2000-2.
  12. KELLER, WJ., HATFIELD, M. 11-ALLYLCYTISINE AND OTHER MINOR ALKALOIDS FROM UNRIPE SOPHORA-SECUNDIFLORA FRUITS. Phytochemistry, 1979, vol. 18, no. 12, p. 2068-2069. DOI
  13. IZADDOOST, M., HARRIS, BG., GRACY, RW. STRUCTURE AND TOXICITY OF ALKALOIDS AND AMINO-ACIDS OF SOPHORA-SECUNDIFLORA. Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 1976, vol. 65, no. 3, p. 352-354. DOI

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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