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Dicoma anomala

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 8 constituent measurements for Dicoma anomala. 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: Dicoma anomala Sond.

8Constituent measurements
0Safety records
5Cited 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

  • Sesquiterpene lactones3
  • Albicolide1
  • Dehydrobrachylaenolide1
  • Guaianolides1
  • Saponins1
  • Tannins1

Plant parts

  • Roots and other underground parts4
  • Aerial part of plants3
  • Unspecified1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction8

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
DehydrobrachylaenolideUnspecifiedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
GuaianolidesRoots and other underground partsSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
Sesquiterpene lactonesAerial part of plantsSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
Sesquiterpene lactonesRoots and other underground partsSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
AlbicolideAerial part of plantsSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
SaponinsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extractionPhytochemical screeningNo resolvable identifier
Sesquiterpene lactonesAerial part of plantsSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
TanninsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extractionPhytochemical screeningNo 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. Bohlmann, Ferdinand., Le-Van, Ngo. Naturally occurring terpene derivatives. Part 134. New germacranolides from Dicoma anomala. Phytochemistry (Elsevier), 1978, p. 570-571.
  2. Bohlmann, F., Singh, P., Jakupovic, J. New germacranolides and other sesquiterpene lactones from Dicoma species. Phytochemistry, 1982, vol. 21, no. 8, p. 2029-2033. DOI
  3. Munodawafa, Tafadzwa., Chagonda, Lameck Shoriwa., Moyo, Sylvester Rodgers. Antimicrobial and Phytochemical Screening of some Zimbabwean Medicinal Plants. Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature, 2013, p. 323-330.
  4. Mukanganyama, Stanley., Bezabih, Merhatibeb., Robert, Metuno., Ngadjui, Boneventure T., Kapche, Gilbert F. W., Ngandeu, Francois., Abegaz, Berhanu. The evaluation of novel natural products as inhibitors of human glutathione transferase P1-1. JOURNAL OF ENZYME INHIBITION AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 2011, vol. 26, no. 4, p. 460-467. DOI
  5. Rademeyer, M., van Heerden, F. R., van der Merwe, M. M. Dehydrobrachylaenolide: an eudesmane-type sesquiterpene lactone. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION E-STRUCTURE REPORTS ONLINE, 2009, vol. 65, p. O196-U2986. DOI

Boundary

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