Botanical species · safety record

Lotus arabicus

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 5 constituent measurements for Lotus arabicus. 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: Lotus arabicus L.

5Constituent 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

  • Hydrocyanic acid2
  • Isoquinoline alkaloids1
  • Linamarin1
  • Lotaustralin1

Plant parts

  • Unspecified3
  • Live plants2

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction3

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
Hydrocyanic acidLive plantsSolvent extraction≥ 0.25 PercentNo resolvable identifier
Hydrocyanic acidLive plantsSolvent extraction≤ 0.345 PercentNo resolvable identifier
Isoquinoline alkaloidsUnspecifiedSolvent extractionNo resolvable identifier
LinamarinUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
LotaustralinUnspecifiedNo 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. Dunstan, Wyndham R., Henry, Thomas A. Nature and origin of the poison of lotus arabicus. Proceedings of the royal society of london, 1900, vol. 67, p. 224-6.
  2. Abrol, Yash P., Conn, Eric E. Cyanide metabolism in Lotus arabicus and Lotus tenuis. Phytochemistry (elsevier), 1966, vol. 2, no. 5, p. 237-42.

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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