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Dichondra repens

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements for Dichondra repens. 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: Dichondra repens J.R.Forst. & G. Forst.

7Constituent measurements

0Safety records

4Cited 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

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
Scopoletin	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	4.1 Milligram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Umbelliferone	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	24.5 Milligram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Calystegine a	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	1.5 Microgram/gram	—	No resolvable identifier
Calystegine b	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	0.6 Microgram/gram	—	No resolvable identifier
Calystegine b	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	0.6 Microgram/gram	—	No resolvable identifier
Isoflavones	—	—	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Skimmine	—	—	—	—	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.

Sheu, Ming-Jyh., Deng, Jeng-Shyan., Huang, Ming-Hsing., Liao, Jung-Chun., Wu, Chieh-Hsi., Huang, Shyh-Shyun., Huang, Guan-Jhong. Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of Dichondra repens Forst. and its reference compounds. FOOD CHEMISTRY, 2012, vol. 132, no. 2, p. 1010-1018. DOI
Schimming, Thomas., Tofern, Britta., Mann, Petra., Richter, Anuschka., Jenett-Siems, Kristina., Drager, Birgit., Asano, Naoki., Gupta, Mahabir P., Correa, Mireya D., Eich, Eckart. Phytochemistry and chemotaxonomy of the Convolvulaceae. 6. Distribution and taxonomic significance of calystegines in the Convolvulaceae. Phytochemistry, 1998, p. 1989-1995.
Yang, Xiao-Feng., Qiu, Pei-Hong., Ye, Xiao-Qin. Analysis of flavonoids in Dichondra repens Forst. Guangpu Shiyanshi, 2005, p. 1211-1215.
Liu, Yuming., Liang, Guangyi., Xu, Bixue. Studies on the chemical constituents from Dichondra repens Forst.. Tianran Chanwu Yanjiu Yu Kaifa, 2003, p. 15-17.

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