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Ficus elastica

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements for Ficus elastica. 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: Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem.

6Constituent measurements

0Safety records

5Cited 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

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
1,8-cineole	Leaves	Essential oil	8.2 Percent Area	GC-FID-MS	Resolve DOI
Calcium oxalate	Leaves	—	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins)	—	—	191 Gram/kilogram	—	Resolve DOI
Bergapten	Unspecified	Latex	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No resolvable identifier
Coumarins	Unspecified	Latex	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Bark	—	14.3 Percent	Unspecified	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.

Yisehak K., Kibreab Y., Taye T., Ribeiro Alves Lourenco M., Janssens GP. Response to dietary tannin challenges in view of the browser/grazer dichotomy in an Ethiopian setting: Bonga sheep versus Kaffa goats.. Tropical animal health and production, 2016, vol. 48, no. 1, p. 125-31. DOI
Abdel-Wahab, S. M., El-Tohamy, S. F., Seida, A. A., Rashwan, O. A. Isolation and identification of coumarins of certain Ficus species growing in Egypt. Bulletin of the faculty of pharmacy (cairo university), 1989, p. 99-100.
Sharawy, S. M. Numerical taxonomic evaluation of calcium oxalate and calcium carbonate crystals in the leaves of certain Ficus species (Moraceae). Feddes Repertorium, 2004, vol. 115, no. 5-6, p. 441-452. DOI
Ogunwande, I. A., Flamini, G., Adefuye, A. E., Lawal, N. O., Moradeyo, S., Avoseh, N. O. Chemical compositions of Casuarina equisetifolia L., Eucalyptus toreliana L. and Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem cultivated in Nigeria. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 2011, vol. 77, no. 3, p. 645-649. DOI
Osima, Yasuyosi., Ito, Hirosi. Vegetable tannins in Formosa. III. Nippon nogei kagaku kaishi, 1939, p. 634-635.

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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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