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Gymnosporia senegalensis

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements for Gymnosporia senegalensis. 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: Gymnosporia senegalensis (Lam.) Loes.

7Constituent measurements

0Safety records

4Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.) Exell

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

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
Epigallocatechins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Gallocatechin	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Gallotannins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	13.2 Microgram/gram	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Stachydrine	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Bark	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Bark	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Bark	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	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.

Okoye, Festus Basden Chiedu., Debbab, Abdessamad., Wray, Victor., Esimone, Charles Okechukwu., Osadebe, Patience Ogoamaka., Proksch, Peter. A phenyldilactone, bisnorsesquiterpene, and cytotoxic phenolics from Maytenus senegalensis leaves . Tetrahedron letters, 2014, vol. 55, no. 28, p. 3756-3760. DOI
Mann, Abdulahi., Roheem, Fatimah Opeyemi., Saidu, Abubakar N., Yisa, Jonathan., Fadipe, Labake A., Ogbadoyi, Emmanuel O. Assessment of phytoconstituents and antidiabetic activity of the crude extract and partitioned fractions of Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.) exell (Celastraceae) root bark. International research journal of pure and applied chemistry, 2014, vol. 4, no. 6), 746-76, p. 16 pp.
Mulaudzi, R.B., Ndhlala, A.R., Kulkarni, M.G., Van Staden, J. Pharmacological properties and protein binding capacity of phenolic extracts of some Venda medicinal plants used against cough and fever. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2012, vol. 143, no. 1, p. 185-193. DOI
Pistelli, L., Venturi, R., Marsili, A., Morelli, I. Alkaloids and coumarins from Gymnosporia senegalensis var. Spinosa (Celastraceae) . Biochemical systematics and ecology, 1998, vol. 26, no. 6, p. 677-679. DOI

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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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