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Leea guineensis

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements for Leea guineensis. 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: Leea guineensis G.Don.

7Constituent measurements

0Safety records

2Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

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
Alkaloids	Leaves	—	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Cardiac glycosides	Leaves	—	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Estragole	Wood	Essential oil	1.8 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Naphthalene	Wood	Essential oil	4.8 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Phlobotannins	Leaves	—	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Leaves	—	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Leaves	—	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	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.

Op de Beck, P., Bessiere, JM., Dijoux-Franca, MG., David, B., Mariotte, AM. Volatile constituents from leaves and wood of Leea guineensis G. Don (Leeaceae) from Cameroon . Flavour and fragrance journal, 2000, vol. 15, no. 3, p. 182-185.
Fagbohun, E. D., Lawal, O. U., Ore, M. E. The proximate, mineral and phytochemical analysis of the leaves of Ocimum gratissimum L., Melanthera scandens A. and Leea guineensis L. and their medicinal value. International Journal of Applied Biology and Pharmaceutical Technology, 2012, p. 15-22.

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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