Botanical species · safety record

Dracaena liberica

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Dracaena liberica. 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: Dracaena liberica (Gérôme & Labroy) Byng & Christenh.

6Constituent measurements

1Safety records

3Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Sansevieria liberica Gérôme & Labroy

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

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	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Anthraquinones	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Leaves	—	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Leaves	—	1.15 Percent	Phytochemical screening	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
Nephrotoxicity	Urogenital: kidneys	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	House mouse (as animal)	Chronic/long term toxicity	Resolve DOI

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.

Adeyemi, O. O., Akindele, A. J., Ogunleye, E. A. Evaluation of the antidiarrhoeal effect of Sanseviera liberica Gerome & Labroy (Agavaceae) root extract . Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2009, vol. 123, no. 3, p. 459-463. DOI
Amida, Muibat B., Yemitan, Omoniyi K., Adeyemi, Olufunmilayo O. Toxicological assessment of the aqueous root extract of Sanseviera liberica Gerome and Labroy (Agavaceae) . Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2007, vol. 113, no. 1, p. 171-175. DOI
Ikewuchi, C. C., Ikewuchi, C. J., Ayalogu, O. E., Onyeike, N. E. Proximate and phytochemical profile of Sansevieria liberica Gerome and Labroy. Journal of applied sciences and environmental management, 2010, vol. 14, no. 2, p. 103-106.

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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