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Heracleum candicans
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 11 constituent measurements for Heracleum candicans. 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: Heracleum candicans Wall. ex DC.
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
- Furanocoumarins3
- Heraclenin2
- Heraclenol2
- Candibirins1
- Canditetrarins1
- Canditririns1
- Myrcene1
Plant parts
- Roots and other underground parts9
- Fruit unspecified1
- Leaves1
Preparations
- Solvent extraction10
- Essential oil1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candibirins | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | Resolve DOI |
| Canditetrarins | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | Resolve DOI |
| Canditririns | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | Resolve DOI |
| Furanocoumarins | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | — | Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) | Resolve DOI |
| Heraclenin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≤ 1.367 Percent | Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) | Resolve DOI |
| Heraclenin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≥ 1.02 Percent | Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) | Resolve DOI |
| Heraclenol | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≥ 0.29 Percent | Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) | Resolve DOI |
| Heraclenol | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≤ 0.433 Percent | Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) | Resolve DOI |
| Furanocoumarins | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≥ 5.01 Percent | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Furanocoumarins | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≤ 9.47 Percent | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Myrcene | Leaves | Essential oil | 2.9 Percent | GC-MS | 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.
- Devagiri, G.M., Rastogi, J.S., Chand, R., Srivastava, L. Preliminary evaluation of some Hercleum candicans wall collections from Himachal Pradesh for furocoumarin content. Indian Drugs, 1995, vol. 32, no. 8, p. 381-386.
- Rastogi, Subha., Pandey, Madan M., Rawat, Ajay K. S. Determination of heracienin and heracienol in Heracieum candicans DC by TLC. CHROMATOGRAPHIA, 2007, vol. 66, no. 7-8, p. 631-634. DOI
- Taniguchi, Masahiko., Inoue, Atsuko., Shibano, Makio., Wang, Nian-He., Baba, Kimiye. Five condensed furanocoumarins from the root of Heracleum candicans Wall.. JOURNAL OF NATURAL MEDICINES, 2011, vol. 65, no. 2, p. 268-274. DOI
- Chauhan, R. S., Nautiyal, M. C., Tava, A., Cecotti, R. Essential oil composition from leaves of Heracleum candicans Wall.: a sustainable method for extraction. JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH, 2014, vol. 26, no. 2, p. 130-132.
- Inoue, Atsuko., Taniguchi, Masahiko., Shibano, Makio., Wang, Nian-He., Baba, Kimiye. Chemical studies on the root of Heracleum candicans Wall. (Part 3). JOURNAL OF NATURAL MEDICINES, 2010, vol. 64, no. 2, p. 175-181. DOI
- Rawat, A. K. S., Singh, A. P., Singh, D. P., Pandey, M. M., Govindarajan, R., Srivastava, Sharad. Separation and Identification of Furocoumarin in Fruits of Heracleum candicans DC. by HPTLC. JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 2013. DOI
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