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Gloriosa superba

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements and 8 adverse-effect records for Gloriosa superba. 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: Gloriosa superba L.

6Constituent measurements

8Safety records

9Cited 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	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Colchicin	Roots and other underground parts used as staple food	—	0.6 Milligram/gram	—	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Steroids	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	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
Digestive	Liver	Roots and other underground parts used as staple food	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Digestive	Liver	Unspecified	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Neurotoxicity	Brain	Roots and other underground parts used as staple food	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Systemic	Liver	Roots and other underground parts used as staple food	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Digestive	Skin/subcutis	Roots and other underground parts used as staple food	Thermal treatment (heating for preservation)	Human (as organism)	Case report	No resolvable identifier
Digestive	Stomach	Roots and other underground parts used as staple food	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Acute toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Endocrine	Testes	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Reproductive	Uterus	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Reproduction 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.

Malpani, Arati A., Aswar, Urmila M., Kushwaha, Shiv K., Zambare, G. N., Bodhankar, S. L. Effect of the Aqueous Extract of Gloriosa superba Linn (Langli) Roots on Reproductive System and Cardiovascular Parameters in Female Rats . Tropical journal of pharmaceutical research, 2011, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 169-176.
Gooneratne, Inuka Kishara., Weeratunga, Praveen., Caldera, Manjula., Gamage, Ranjanie. Toxic encephalopathy due to colchicine--Gloriosa superba poisoning.. Practical neurology, 2014, vol. 14, no. 5, p. 357-9. DOI
Jayatilaka, A. D. P., Balasubramaniam, K., Dunuwille, R., Bibile, S. W. Histological studies of the gastrointestinal tract of the rat after poisoning with tuber of Gloriosa superba. Ceylon journal of medical science, 1967, vol. 16(1-2), p. 11-17.
Lucas, G. N. Plant poisoning: A hospital-based study in Sri Lanka. Indian journal of pediatrics, 1997, vol. 64, no. 4, p. 495-502. DOI
Babu, Y. P. Raghavendra., Manjunath, S., Bakkannavar, Shankar M., Acharya, Jenash., Kumar, G. N. Pramod. Colchicine poisoning: a case report and review of literature. Medicine science and the law, 2012, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 205-206. DOI
Pare, S. R., Zade, V. S., Thakare, V. G. Evaluation of the potential aphrodisiac activity of aqueous, chloroform and alcohol extract of Gloriosa superba in male albino rat. International journal of theoretical and applied sciences, 2014, vol. 6, no. 2), 39-4, p. 8 pp.
Premaratna, Ranjan., Weerasinghe, Mindu S., Premawardana, Nuwan. P., de Silva, H. Janaka. Gloriosa superba poisoning mimicking an acute infection- a case report. Bmc pharmacology & toxicology, 2015, vol. 16. DOI
Kageyama, Tomoko., Takahashi, Makoto., Maeda, Tomoyuki., Shimamoto, Sayaka., Yokoyama, Reiko., Owada, Kazuhiro., Sakane, Yumiko., Yamamoto, Masatoshi. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of colchicine using LC/MS(/MS) and HPLC in the case of poisoning by tuber of Gloriosa superba linnaeus. Shizuoka-ken kankyo eisei kagaku kenkyusho hokoku, 2007, vol. 50, p. 41-44.
GOONERATNE, BW. MASSIVE GENERALIZED ALOPECIA AFTER POISONING BY GLORIOSA SUPERBA. Bmj-british medical journal, 1966, vol. 1, no. 5494, p. 1023-+.

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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