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Imperata cylindrica

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements for Imperata cylindrica. 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: Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch.

6Constituent measurements

0Safety records

3Cited sources

74Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 74 licensed products naming Imperata cylindrica 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

Source material stated

Rhizome
Rhizome Extract
Rhizome(s)
Rizhome extract
Root

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
Monoterpene ketones	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	0.45 Percent	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Cardiac glycosides	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Phenylpropanoids	Unspecified	—	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	1.4 Percent	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	9.3 Percent	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.

Krishnaiah, D., Devi, T., Bono, A., Sarbatly, R. Studies on phytochemical constituents of six Malaysian medicinal plants. JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL PLANTS RESEARCH, 2009, vol. 3, no. 2, p. 67-72.
Cerdeira, Antonio L., Cantrell, Charles L., Dayan, Franck E., Byrd, John D., Duke, Stephen O. Tabanone, a New Phytotoxic Constituent of Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica). WEED SCIENCE, 2012, vol. 60, no. 2, p. 212-218. DOI
Liu, Xuan., Zhang, Binfeng., Chou, Guixin., Yang, Li., Wang, Zhengtao. Chemical constituents from Imperata cylindrica .. Zhongguo zhong yao za zhi = zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = china journal of chinese materia medica, 2012, vol. 37, no. 15, p. 2296-300.

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