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Dracaena trifasciata

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements for Dracaena trifasciata. 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 trifasciata (Prain) Mabb.

7Constituent measurements

0Safety records

3Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Sansevieria trifasciata Prain

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

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	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Anthraquinones	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Cardiac glycosides	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Isoflavones	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Steroidal saponins	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	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.

Ighodaro, Osasenaga Macdonald., Adeosun, Abiola Muhammad., Ojiko, Barinemene Francis., Akorede, Abeeb Taiwo., Fuyi-Williams, Oyindamola. Toxicity status and antiulcerative potential of Sansevieria trifasciata leaf extract in Wistar rats . Journal of intercultural ethnopharmacology, 2017, vol. 6, no. 2, p. 234-239. DOI
Teponno, Remy Bertrand., Tanaka, Chiaki., Jie, Bai., Tapondjou, Leon Azefack., Miyamoto, Tomofumi. Trifasciatosides A-J, Steroidal Saponins from Sansevieria trifasciata. Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin, 2016, vol. 64, no. 9, p. 1347-1355.
Tchegnitegni, Billy T., Teponno, Remy B., Tanaka, Chiaki., Gabriel, Adeyemi F., Tapondjou, Leon A., Miyamoto, Tomofumi. Sappanin-type homoisoflavonoids from Sansevieria trifasciata Prain. Phytochemistry letters, 2015, vol. 12, p. 262-266. DOI

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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