Botanical species · safety record

Euphorbia heterophylla

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Euphorbia heterophylla. 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: Euphorbia heterophylla L.

7Constituent measurements

1Safety records

4Cited 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	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC)	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Cardiac glycosides	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Phorbol	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC)	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC)	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC)	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Live plants	Drying (dehydration)	—	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
Hemopoietic	Cardiovascular / haematological	Leaves	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	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.

Falodun, A., Agbakwuru, E. P. Phytochemical analysis and laxative activity of the leaf extracts of Euphorbia heterophylla Linn (Euphorbiaceae) . Pakistan journal of scientific and industrial research, 2004, vol. 47, no. 5, p. 345-348.
James, Omale., Friday, Emmanuel T. Proximate and nutrient composition of Euphorbia hetrophylla: A medicinal plant from Anyigba, Nigeria . Journal of medicinal plants research, 2010, vol. 4, no. 14, p. 1441-1444.
Edeoga, HO., Okwu, DE., Mbaebie, BO. Phytochemical constituents of some Nigerian medicinal plants. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, 2005, vol. 4, no. 7, p. 685-688.
Adedapo, Adeolu A., Abatan, Matthew O., Olorunsogo, Olufunso O. Toxic effects of some plants in the genus Euphorbia on haematological and biochemical parameters of rats.. Veterinarski Arhiv, 2004, vol. 74, no. 1, p. 53-62.

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.

Continue

Independent literature