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Lepidium ruderale

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements for Lepidium ruderale. 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: Lepidium ruderale L.

7Constituent measurements
0Safety records
3Cited 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

  • Coumarins5
  • 4-methylquinoline1
  • Cardenolides1

Plant parts

  • Aerial part of plants1
  • Fruit unspecified1
  • Leaves1
  • Live plants1
  • Roots and other underground parts1
  • Seed1
  • Stem1
  • stalk1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction7

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
4-methylquinolineAerial part of plantsSolvent extractionUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
CardenolidesLive plantsSolvent extractionUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
CoumarinsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction0.04 PercentUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
CoumarinsSeedSolvent extraction0.16 PercentUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
CoumarinsStem / stalkSolvent extraction0.066 PercentUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
CoumarinsFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction0.094 PercentUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
CoumarinsLeavesSolvent extraction0.053 PercentUnspecifiedNo 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. Istudor, Viorica., Popescu, Petrica. Pharmacology of the Lepidium ruderale species. III. Localization, determination, and isolation of a coumarin derivative. Farmacia (bucharest, romania), 1974, p. 221-231.
  2. Boyadzhieva, N. Study on the influence of the plant Lepidium ruderale L. on the course of experimental sugar diabetes with absolute insulin insufficiency. Problemi na vutreshnata meditsina, 1982, p. 125-130.
  3. Istudor, Viorica., Secatureanu, C., Forstner, S. Pharmacognosy of the Lepidium ruderale species. I. Preliminary histologic and chemical study. Farmacia (bucharest, romania), 1973, p. 613-624.

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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