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Derris malaccensis

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 9 constituent measurements for Derris malaccensis. 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: Derris malaccensis Prain

9Constituent measurements
0Safety records
5Cited 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

  • Rotenone5
  • Rotenoids3
  • Deguelin1

Plant parts

  • Roots and other underground parts6
  • Stem3
  • stalk3

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction9

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
DeguelinRoots and other underground partsSolvent extractionGelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC)Resolve DOI
RotenoidsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extractionGelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC)Resolve DOI
RotenoneRoots and other underground partsSolvent extractionGelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC)Resolve DOI
RotenoneStem / stalkSolvent extraction≥ 0.037 PercentHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
RotenoneStem / stalkSolvent extraction≤ 0.054 PercentHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
RotenoidsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extractionNo resolvable identifier
RotenoidsStem / stalkSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
RotenoneRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 3.13 PercentNo resolvable identifier
RotenoneRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 2.54 PercentNo 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. Harper, S.H. The active principles of leguminous fish-poison plants. Part IV. The isolation of malaccol from derris malaccensis. Journal of the chemical society (resumed), 1940, p. 309-314.
  2. Takashima, J., Chiba, N., Yoneda, K., Ohsaki, A. Derrisin, a new rotenoid from Derris malaccensis plain and anti-Helicobacter pylori activity of its related constituents . Journal of natural products, 2002, vol. 65, no. 4, p. 611-613. DOI
  3. Martin, J. T., Tattersfield, F. The problem of evaluation of rotenone-containing plants. II. Derris elliptica, Derris malaccensis and the Sumatra-type roots. Annals of applied biology, 1936, vol. 23, p. 880-98.
  4. Sae-Yun, Attawadee., Ovatlarnporn, Chitchamai., Itharat, Arunporn., Wiwattanapatapee, Ruedeekorn. Extraction of rotenone from Derris elliptica and Derris malaccensis by pressurized liquid extraction compared with maceration . Journal of chromatography a, 2006, vol. 1125, no. 2, p. 172-176. DOI
  5. Thasana, N., Chuankamnerdkarn, M., Ruchirawat, S. A new 12a-hydroxyelliptone from the stems of Derris malaccensis. Heterocycles, 2001, vol. 55, no. 6, p. 1121-1125.

Boundary

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