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Euphorbia lathyris

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 2 constituent measurements and 1 genotoxicity assay for Euphorbia lathyris. 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 lathyris L.

2Constituent measurements

1Safety records

3Cited sources

11Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 11 licensed products naming Euphorbia lathyris as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Source material stated

Fruit
Plant with its fruit
Plante entière
Whole plant with fruit

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
Esculetin	Seed	Solvent extraction	—	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Glucosinolates	Seed	Solvent extraction	6.1 Millimole/kilogram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	No resolvable identifier

Genotoxicity testing

Outcomes of genotoxicity assays as recorded in the source. A negative assay is a result under those test conditions, not a clearance.

Outcome	Endpoint	Test	Tested organism	Metabolic activation	Source
Positive	chromosome aberration	chromosome aberration assay	House mouse (as animal)	—	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.

Hassan, A.F., Numan, I.T., Hamad, M.N. Evaluation of genotoxicity and effect of petroleum ether extract of Euphorbia lathyris on bone marrow cells: In-vivo study. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research, 2015, vol. 32, no. 2, p. 116-120.
Hu, Ye., Liang, Hao., Yuan, Qipeng., Hong, Yuancheng. Determination of glucosinolates in 19 Chinese medicinal plants with spectrophotometry and high-pressure liquid chromatography. Natural Product Research, 2010, p. 1195-1205.
Duan, Fei-Peng., Wang, Ying-Zi., Zhang, Chao., Fang, Xin-Sheng., Yan, Bin., Li, Cai-Xia. Chemical composition and biological activity analysis of semen euphorbiae petroleum ether extracts. Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research, 2014, p. 745-749.

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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