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Lythrum hyssopifolia

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 5 adverse-effect records for Lythrum hyssopifolia. 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: Lythrum hyssopifolia L.

0Constituent measurements
5Safety records
2Cited sources
0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.

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

Plant parts

  • Aerial part of plants5

Preparations

  • Fresh5

Effect types

  • Nephrotoxicity2
  • Hepatotoxicity1
  • Neurotoxicity1
  • Systemic1

Target tissues

  • Urogenital: kidneys2
  • Liver1
  • Neurologic: central nervous system1

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

EffectTarget tissuePlant partPreparationTest organismTest typeSource
HepatotoxicityLiverAerial part of plantsFreshSheep (as animal)Case reportResolve DOI
NephrotoxicityUrogenital: kidneysAerial part of plantsFreshCattle (as animal)Case reportResolve DOI
NephrotoxicityUrogenital: kidneysAerial part of plantsFreshSheep (as animal)Case reportResolve DOI
NeurotoxicityNeurologic: central nervous systemAerial part of plantsFreshSheep (as animal)Case reportResolve DOI
SystemicAerial part of plantsFreshCattle (as animal)Case reportResolve DOI

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. Tran, J. N., Yang, P-J., Morton, A. G., Todd, A. A., Boulton, J. G., Philbey, A. W. Suspected Lythrum hyssopifolia (lesser loosestrife) poisoning of cattle. Australian veterinary journal, 2013, vol. 91, no. 11, p. 474-476. DOI
  2. Lancaster, M. J., Nimmo, J. S., Lenghaus, C., Gill, I. J., Crawford, R. D., Badman, R. T., Samuel, J. L., Werner, C. J., Button, C., Kvalheim, N. Lythrum hyssopifolia (lesser loosestrife) poisoning of sheep in Victoria. Australian veterinary journal, 2009, vol. 87, no. 12, p. 476-479. DOI

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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