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Dieffenbachia seguine

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 5 constituent measurements and 10 adverse-effect records for Dieffenbachia seguine. 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: Dieffenbachia seguine (Jacq.) Schott

5Constituent measurements

10Safety records

10Cited 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

Effect types

Target tissues

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
Alkaloids	—	—	—	—	Resolve DOI
Calcium oxalate	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	Resolve DOI
Calcium oxalate	—	—	—	—	Resolve DOI
Tannins	—	—	—	—	Resolve DOI
Lectins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Chromatographic tests	No resolvable identifier

Recorded adverse effects

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

Effect	Target tissue	Plant part	Preparation	Test organism	Test type	Source
Digestive	Digestive	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Other	Resolve DOI
Digestive	Digestive	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Other	Resolve DOI
Systemic	Digestive	Aerial part of plants	—	Human (as organism)	Other	Resolve DOI
Systemic	Digestive	Leaves	—	Human (as organism)	Other	Resolve DOI
Irritation	—	Stem / stalk	—	House mouse (as animal)	Acute toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Irritation	—	Stem / stalk	—	House mouse (as animal)	Acute toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Irritation	Tongue	Aerial part of plants	Fresh	Sheep (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Pulmonary and cardiac	—	—	—	Dog (as animal)	Case report	No resolvable identifier
Not stated	Digestive	Aerial part of plants	Fresh	Cattle (as animal)	Case report	No resolvable identifier
Not stated	Digestive	Aerial part of plants	Fresh	Cattle (as animal)	Case report	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.

Barbi, N. S., Lucchetti, L., Pereira, N. A., da Silva, A. J. R., RietCorrea, F., Pfister, J., Schild, AL., Wierenga, T. Chemistry of Dieffenbachia picta. Poisoning by plants, mycotoxins, and related toxins, 2011, p. 593-599.
Cote, Gary G. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF IDIOBLASTS PRODUCING CALCIUM OXALATE CRYSTALS IN DIEFFENBACHIA SEGUINE (ARACEAE) . American journal of botany, 2009, vol. 96, no. 7, p. 1245-1254. DOI
Vichova, P., Jahodar, L. Plant poisonings in children in the Czech Republic, 1996-2001. Human and experimental toxicology, 2003, vol. 22, no. 9, p. 467-472. DOI
Albuquerque, U.P., Melo, J.G., Medeiros, M.F., Menezes, I.R., Moura, G.J., Asfora El-Deir, A.C., Nbrega Alves, R.R., De Medeiros, P.M., De Sousa Arajo, T.A., Alves Ramos, M., Silva, R.R., Almeida, A.L., Almeida, C.D.F.C. Natural products from ethnodirected studies: Revisiting the ethnobiology of the zombie poison. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine, 2012, vol. 2012. DOI
PADMANABHAN, S., SHASTRI, NV. STUDIES ON AMYLASE INHIBITORS IN DIEFFENBACHIA-MACULATA. Journal of the science of food and agriculture, 1990, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 527-536. DOI
Da Silva, D.M., Riet-Correa, F., Medeiros, R.M.T., De Oliveira, O.F. Toxic plants for livestock in the western and eastern Serid�, state of Rio Grande do Norte, in the Brazilian semiarid Plantas t�xicas para ruminantes e eq��deos no Serid� Ocidental e Oriental do Rio Grande do Norte . Pesquisa veterinaria brasileira, 2006, vol. 26, no. 4, p. 223-236. DOI
Loretti, AP., da Silva, MR., Ribeiro, RES. Accidental fatal poisoning of a dog by Dieffenbachia picta (dumb cane). Veterinary and human toxicology, 2003, vol. 45, no. 5, p. 233-239.
Tokarnia, Carlos Hubinger., Armien, Anibal Guillemo., Peixoto, Paul Vargas., Barbosa, Jose Diomedes., Brito, Marilene De Farias., Dobereiner, Jurgen. Experiments on the toxicity of some ornamental plants in cattle. Pesquisa veterinaria brasileira, 1996, vol. 16, no. 1, p. 5-20.
Armien, Anibal Guillermo., Tokarnia, Carlos Hubinger. Experiments on the toxicity of some ornamental plants in sheep. Pesquisa veterinaria brasileira, 1994, vol. 14, no. 2-3, p. 69-73.
Roy, Anita., Banerjee, Santanu., Majumder, Pralay., Das, Sampa. Efficiency of mannose-binding plant lectins in controlling a homopteran insect, the red cotton bug. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2002, vol. 50, no. 23, p. 6775-6779.

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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