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Drimia indica

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 8 constituent measurements for Drimia indica. 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: Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop

8Constituent measurements
0Safety records
4Cited 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

  • Alkaloids1
  • Anthraquinones1
  • Bufadienolides1
  • Cardiac glycosides1
  • Coumarins1
  • Saponins1
  • Scillaren a1
  • Tannins1

Plant parts

  • Bulb7
  • clove7
  • Unspecified1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction7

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
AlkaloidsBulb / cloveSolvent extractionUnspecifiedResolve DOI
CoumarinsBulb / cloveSolvent extractionUnspecifiedResolve DOI
TanninsBulb / cloveSolvent extractionUnspecifiedResolve DOI
AnthraquinonesBulb / cloveSolvent extractionUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
BufadienolidesBulb / cloveSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
Cardiac glycosidesBulb / cloveSolvent extractionUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
SaponinsBulb / cloveSolvent extractionUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
Scillaren aUnspecifiedChromatographic testsNo 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. Hemalata, S. K., Shiva, Kameshwari M. N. Phytochemical studies in Urginea indica, (kunth) hyacinthaceae. World journal of pharmaceutical research, 2016, vol. 5, no. 8, p. 1130-1142.
  2. Abbas, Saima., Bashir, Samra., Khan, Aslam., Mehmood, Malik Hassan., Gilani, Anwarul Hassan. Gastrointestinal Stimulant Effect of Urginea indica Kunth. and Involvement of Muscarinic Receptors . Phytotherapy research, 2012, vol. 26, no. 5, p. 704-708. DOI
  3. Jain, Satyendra Kumar., Dobhal, Sonal., Dobhal, Mahabeer Prasad. Isolation and characterization of new bufadienolides from Urginea indica. Chemical science review and letters, 2014, vol. 3, no. 11), 608-61, p. 7 pp.
  4. Rangaswami, S., Subramanian, S. Sankara. Identity of the crystalline glycoside of Urginea indica with scillaren A. Journal of scientific & industrial research, 1956, vol. 15C, p. 80-1.

Boundary

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