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Heptapleurum leucanthum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 1 constituent measurement and 2 adverse-effect records for Heptapleurum leucanthum. 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: Heptapleurum leucanthum (R.Vig.) Y.F.Deng

1Constituent measurements
2Safety records
2Cited sources
0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

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

  • Triterpene saponins1

Plant parts

  • Leaves2
  • Aerial part of plants1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction3

Effect types

  • Hepatotoxicity1
  • Pulmonary and cardiac1

Target tissues

  • Liver1
  • Testes1

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.

SubstancePlant partPreparationConcentrationAnalytical methodSource
Triterpene saponinsAerial part of plantsSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

EffectTarget tissuePlant partPreparationTest organismTest typeSource
HepatotoxicityLiverLeavesSolvent extractionRat (as animal)Short-term toxicityResolve DOI
Pulmonary and cardiacTestesLeavesSolvent extractionRat (as animal)Short-term toxicityResolve DOI

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.

  1. Wang, Cun-Qin., Wang, Ying., Wang, Wen-Jing., Wang, Lei., Ye, Wen-Cai. New oleanane saponins from Schefflera kwangsiensis. Phytochemistry letters, 2014, vol. 10, p. 268-271. DOI
  2. Witthawaskul, P., Panthong, A., Kanjanapothi, D., Taesothikul, T., Lertprasertsuke, N. Acute and subacute toxicities of the saponin mixture isolated from Schefflera leucantha Viguier . Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2003, vol. 89, no. 1, p. 115-121. DOI

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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