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Desmodium incanum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements for Desmodium incanum. 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: Desmodium incanum DC.

7Constituent measurements
0Safety records
4Cited 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

  • Alkaloids1
  • Desmodianone a1
  • Desmodianone b1
  • Desmodianone c1
  • Isoflavonoids1
  • Saponins1
  • Tannins1

Plant parts

  • Roots and other underground parts5
  • Leaves1
  • Stem1
  • stalk1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction4
  • Thermal treatment (heating for preservation)2
  • 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
AlkaloidsRoots and other underground partsFreshUnspecifiedResolve DOI
IsoflavonoidsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
Desmodianone aRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction0.158 PercentNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
Desmodianone bRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction0.13 PercentNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
Desmodianone cRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction0.065 PercentNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
SaponinsStem / stalkThermal treatment (heating for preservation)UnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
TanninsLeavesThermal treatment (heating for preservation)UnspecifiedNo 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. VARGAS, VMF., GUIDOBONO, RR., HENRIQUES, JAP. GENOTOXICITY OF PLANT-EXTRACTS. MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ, 1991, vol. 86, p. 67-70.
  2. Coe, F.G. Rama midwifery in eastern Nicaragua. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2008, vol. 117, no. 1, p. 136-157. DOI
  3. Zappia, G., Menendez, M.P., De Andrade Lima, C.S., Botta, B. A p-quinol isoflavan and two new isoflavanones from Desmodium canum. Natural Product Research, 2009, vol. 23, no. 7, p. 665-671. DOI
  4. Delle Monache, G., Botta, B., Vinciguerra, V., De Mello, J.F., De Andrade Chiappeta, A. Antimicrobial isoflavanones from Desmodium Canum. Phytochemistry, 1996, vol. 41, no. 2, p. 537-544.

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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