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Lonchocarpus nicou
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 15 constituent measurements for Lonchocarpus nicou. 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: Lonchocarpus nicou (Aubl.) 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
- Alkaloids2
- Coumarins2
- Deguelin2
- Rotenone2
- Saponins2
- Tannins2
- Isoflavones1
- Rotenoids1
- Stilbenes, stilbene derivatives1
Plant parts
- Roots and other underground parts11
- Leaves4
Preparations
- Solvent extraction15
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isoflavones | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | Resolve DOI |
| Rotenoids | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | Resolve DOI |
| Stilbenes, stilbene derivatives | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | Resolve DOI |
| Alkaloids | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Phytochemical screening | No resolvable identifier |
| Alkaloids | Leaves | Solvent extraction | — | Phytochemical screening | No resolvable identifier |
| Coumarins | Leaves | Solvent extraction | — | Phytochemical screening | No resolvable identifier |
| Coumarins | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Phytochemical screening | No resolvable identifier |
| Deguelin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≤ 9.63 Percent | Gaschromatography (GC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Deguelin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≥ 1.12 Percent | Gaschromatography (GC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Rotenone | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≥ 1.73 Percent | Gaschromatography (GC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Rotenone | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | ≤ 17 Percent | Gaschromatography (GC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Saponins | Leaves | Solvent extraction | — | Phytochemical screening | No resolvable identifier |
| Saponins | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Phytochemical screening | No resolvable identifier |
| Tannins | Leaves | Solvent extraction | — | Phytochemical screening | No resolvable identifier |
| Tannins | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | 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.
- Torres Morocho, Deisy Marlene., Orea Igarza, Uvaldo., Brito Vallina, Mar�a Luc�a., Cordero Machado, Elena. Estudio de la extracci�n del follaje de Barbasco (Lonchocarpus nicou) como fuente biocida (en condiciones de la Amazon�a en Ecuador) . Revista ciencias t�cnicas agropecuarias, 2013, vol. 22, no. 4, p. 41-49.
- Delfel, Norman E. Gas-liquid chromatographic determination of rotenone and deguelin in plant extracts and commercial insecticides. Journal - association of official analytical chemists, 1973, vol. 56, no. 6, p. 1343-9.
- Lawson, Martin A., Kaouadji, Mourad., Chulia, Albert J. A single chalcone and additional rotenoids from Lonchocarpus nicou. Tetrahedron letters, 2010, vol. 51, no. 47, p. 6116-6119. DOI
- KAOUADJI, M., AGBAN, A., MARIOTTE, AM. LONCHOCARPENE, A STILBENE, AND LONCHOCARPUSONE, AN ISOFLAVONE - 2 NEW PYRANOPOLYPHENOLS FROM LONCHOCARPUS-NICOU ROOTS . Journal of natural products, 1986, vol. 49, no. 2, p. 281-285. DOI
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