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Mimosa tenuiflora

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 5 constituent measurements and 4 adverse-effect records for Mimosa tenuiflora. 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: Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir.

5Constituent measurements

4Safety records

6Cited 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

Effect types

Target tissues

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
N,n-dimethyltryptamine	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
N,n-dimethyltryptamine	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Triterpene saponins	Bark	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Bark	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Bark	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier

Recorded adverse effects

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

Effect	Target tissue	Plant part	Preparation	Test organism	Test type	Source
Reproductive	Urogenital	Aerial part of plants	Fresh	Goat (as animal)	Reproduction toxicity	Resolve DOI
Teratogenic	Muscle, skeletal	Seed	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Reproduction toxicity	Resolve DOI
Teratogenic	Muscle, skeletal	Leaves	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Reproduction toxicity	Resolve DOI
Teratogenic	Muscle, skeletal	Aerial part of plants	—	Goat (as animal)	Reproduction toxicity	Resolve 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.

Gardner, Dale., Riet-Correa, Franklin., Lemos, Danilo., Welch, Kevin., Pfister, James., Panter, Kip. Teratogenic Effects of Mimosa tenuiflora in a Rat Model and Possible Role of N-Methyl- and N,N-Dimethyltryptamine. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY, 2014, vol. 62, no. 30, p. 7398-7401. DOI
Riet-Correa, Franklin., Medeiros, Rosane M. T., Schild, Ana Lucia. A review of poisonous plants that cause reproductive failure and malformations in the ruminants of Brazil. JOURNAL OF APPLIED TOXICOLOGY, 2012, vol. 32, no. 4, p. 245-254. DOI
Gaujac, Alain., Martinez, Sabrina Teixeira., Gomes, Arao Araujo., de Andrade, Sandro Jose., Pinto, Angelo da Cunha., David, Jorge Mauricio., Navickiene, Sandro., de Andrade, Jailson Bittencourt. Application of analytical methods for the structural characterization and purity assessment of N,N-dimethyltryptamine, a potent psychedelic agent isolated from Mimosa tenuiflora inner barks. MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 2013, vol. 109, p. 78-83. DOI
Meckes-Lozoya M., Lozoya X., Gonzalez J L. Pharmacological properties in vitro of various extracts of Mimosa tenuiflora (tepescohuite). Archivos de investigacion medica, 1990, p. 163-169.
Anton, R., Jiang, Y., Weniger, B., Beck, J.P., Rivier, L. Pharmacognosy of Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poiret. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 1993, vol. 38, no. 2-3, p. 145-152. DOI
Dantas, Antonio Flavio M., Riet-Correa, Franklin., Medeiros, Rosane M. T., Lopes, Jose Radmacyo., Gardner, Dale R., Panter, Kip., Mota, Rinaldo A. Embryonic death in goats caused by the ingestion of Mimosa tenuiflora. TOXICON, 2012, vol. 59, no. 5, p. 555-557. 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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