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Oenanthe crocata

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 4 constituent measurements and 18 adverse-effect records for Oenanthe crocata. 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: Oenanthe crocata L.

4Constituent measurements

18Safety records

9Cited sources

10Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 10 licensed products naming Oenanthe crocata as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Source material stated

Rhizome
Root

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
Oenanthotoxin	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Oenanthotoxin	Roots and other underground parts	—	—	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Oenanthotoxin	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Oenanthotoxin	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	0.06 Percent	Chromatographic tests	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
Digestive	Digestive	Roots and other underground parts	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Neurotoxicity	Neurologic	Roots and other underground parts	—	Horse (as animal)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Neurotoxicity	Neurologic	Roots and other underground parts	—	—	Case report	Resolve DOI
Neurotoxicity	Neurologic	Roots and other underground parts	—	—	Case report	Resolve DOI
Neurotoxicity	Spinal cord	Roots and other underground parts	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Neurotoxicity	Neurologic	Roots and other underground parts	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Neurotoxicity	Neurologic	Roots and other underground parts	—	Horse (as animal)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Neurotoxicity	Neurologic	Unspecified	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Systemic	Neurologic	Unspecified	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Systemic	Neurologic: central nervous system	Roots and other underground parts	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Systemic	Neurologic: central nervous system	Roots and other underground parts	—	—	Case report	Resolve DOI
Digestive	Digestive	—	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	No resolvable identifier
Neurotoxicity	Heart	—	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	No resolvable identifier
Neurotoxicity	Neurologic	—	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	No resolvable identifier
Neurotoxicity	Neurologic	—	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	No resolvable identifier
Neurotoxicity	Neurologic: central nervous system	Roots and other underground parts	Thermal treatment (heating for preservation)	Human (as organism)	Case report	No resolvable identifier
Other toxicities	—	Roots and other underground parts	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	No resolvable identifier
Systemic	—	Roots and other underground parts	—	—	Case report	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.

Anonymous. An Account of the Poisonous Effects of the Oenanthe Crocata, or Hemlock Dropwort. The london medical journal, 1784, vol. 5, no. 2, p. 192-199.
Durand, M. -F., Pommier, P., Chazalette, A., de Haro, L. Child poisoning after ingestion of a wild apiaceae: A case report. Archives de pediatrie, 2008, vol. 15, no. 2, p. 139-141. DOI
Fitzgerald, P., Moss, N., O'Mahony, S., Whelton, M.J. Accidental hemlock poisoning. British medical journal (clinical research ed.), 1987, vol. 295, no. 6613, p. 1657. DOI
JaspersenSchib, R., Theus, L., GuirguisOeschger, M., Gossweiler, B., MeierAbt, PJ. Acute poisonings with toxic giants in Switzerland between 1966 and 1994. Schweizerische medizinische wochenschrift, 1996, vol. 126, no. 25, p. 1085-1098.
KING, LA., LEWIS, MJ., PARRY, D., TWITCHETT, PJ., KILNER, EA. IDENTIFICATION OF OENANTHOTOXIN AND RELATED-COMPOUNDS IN HEMLOCK WATER DROPWORT POISONING . Human toxicology, 1985, vol. 4, no. 4, p. 355-364.
Kite, Geoffrey C., Stoneham, Charlotte A., Veitch, Nigel C., Stein, Bridget K., Whitwell, Katherine E. Application of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry to the investigation of poisoning by Oenanthe crocata . Journal of chromatography b-analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, 2006, vol. 838, no. 1, p. 63-70. DOI
McGrath, J. Notes on a case of poisoning by oenanthe crocata (Water dropwort). Irish journal of medical science, 1937, vol. 12, no. 7, p. 309-311. DOI
MITCHELL, MI., ROUTLEDGE, PA. HEMLOCK WATER DROPWORT POISONING - REVIEW. Clinical toxicology, 1978, vol. 12, no. 4, p. 417-426.
Schep, Leo J., Slaughter, Robin J., Becket, Gordon., Beasley, D. Michael G. Poisoning due to water hemlock. Clinical toxicology, 2009, vol. 47, no. 4, p. 270-278. DOI

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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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