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Homalomena occulta

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements for Homalomena occulta. 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: Homalomena occulta (Lour.) Schott.

6Constituent measurements
0Safety records
4Cited sources
27Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 27 licensed products naming Homalomena occulta as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

  • Dry

Source material stated

  • Rhizome

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid1
  • 4-hydroxybenzoic acid1
  • Eugenol1
  • Myrcene1
  • Saponins1
  • Tryptamine alkaloids1

Plant parts

  • Roots and other underground parts4
  • Unspecified2

Preparations

  • Essential oil2
  • Solvent extraction2

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
SaponinsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
Tryptamine alkaloidsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acidRoots and other underground partsColorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and PhotometryNo resolvable identifier
4-hydroxybenzoic acidRoots and other underground partsColorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and PhotometryNo resolvable identifier
EugenolUnspecifiedEssential oilGaschromatography (GC)No resolvable identifier
MyrceneUnspecifiedEssential oilGaschromatography (GC)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.

  1. Elbandy, M., Lerche, H., Wagner, H., Lacaille-Dubois, MA. Constituents of the rhizome of Homalomena occulta. Biochemical systematics and ecology, 2004, vol. 32, no. 12, p. 1209-1213. DOI
  2. Xie, Xiao-Yu., Wang, Rui., Shi, Yan-Ping. Chemical constituents from rizomes of Homalomena occulta .. Zhongguo zhong yao za zhi = zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = china journal of chinese materia medica, 2013, vol. 38, no. 14, p. 2325-7.
  3. Chen, Yaozu., Xue, Dunyuan., Li, Zhaolin., Han, Hui. Chemical constituents of the essential oil of Homalomena occulta (Lour.) Schott. Sepu, 1986, p. 324-327.
  4. Rui, Hekai., Yu, Qiumei., He, Qianying., Yuan, Mingyao., Jiang, Yunxian., Zhou, Yiping. A preliminary study on the chemical components of the essential oils of Qian Nian Jian (Homalomena occulta), Hong Mu Xiang (Kadsura longipedunculota) and Hong Do Kou (Alpinia galanga). Zhongcaoyao, 1982.

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