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Mondia whitei

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements and 2 adverse-effect records for Mondia whitei. 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: Mondia whitei (Hook.f.) Skeels

6Constituent measurements

2Safety records

4Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Chlorocodon whiteii Hook.f.

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

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
5-chloropropacin	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	> 0.001 Milligram/gram	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Coumarins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	> 0.006 Milligram/gram	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Fraxetin	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	> 0.022 Milligram/gram	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Propacin	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	> 0.012 Milligram/gram	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Scopoletin	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	> 0.098 Milligram/gram	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Methyl salicylate	Roots and other underground parts	Essential oil	—	GC-MS	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	Testes	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Chronic/long term toxicity	Resolve DOI
Endocrine	Testes	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	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.

Watcho, P., Kamtchouing, P., Sokeng, S., Moundipa, PF., Tantchou, J., Essame, JL., Koueta, N. Reversible antispermatogenic and antifertility activities of Mondia whitei L. in male albino rat. PHYTOTHERAPY RESEARCH, 2001, vol. 15, no. 1, p. 26-29. DOI
Patnam, R., Kadali, SS., Koumaglo, KH., Roy, R. A chlorinated coumarinolignan from the African medicinal plant, Mondia whitei. PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 2005, vol. 66, no. 6, p. 683-686. DOI
Chen, Yung-Wu., Chen, Hsin-Chun., Kuo, Xhao-Kai., Chang, Long-Zen. Volatile Flavor Compounds in Mondia whitei. Journal of the Taiwan Society for Horticultural Science, 2009, vol. 55, no. 1, p. 55-62.
Watcho, P., Kamtchouing, P., Sokeng, SD., Moundipa, PF., Tantchou, J., Essame, JL., Koueta, N. Androgenic effect of Mondia whitei roots in male rats. ASIAN JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY, 2004, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 269-272.

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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