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Olax psittacorum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements and 3 adverse-effect records for Olax psittacorum. 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: Olax psittacorum (Lam.) Vahl

7Constituent measurements

3Safety 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

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
Olaxoside	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	1 Gram/kilogram	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
Olaxoside	Leaves	Solvent extraction	10 Gram/kilogram	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
Olaxoside	Bark	Solvent extraction	3 Gram/kilogram	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	420 Milligram/kilogram	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	380 Milligram/kilogram	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Olaxoside	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Aerial part of plants	—	—	Phytochemical screening	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	—	—	House mouse (as animal)	Not reported	Resolve DOI
Digestive	Digestive	—	—	House mouse (as animal)	Not reported	Resolve DOI
Not reported	Digestive	Live plants	Solvent extraction	House mouse (as animal)	Not reported	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.

Forgacs, P., Buffard, G., Desconclois, J. F., Jehanno, A., Provost, J., Tiberghien, R., Touche, A. Phytochemical studies and biological activities of plants endemic of the islands of Reunion and Mauritius. Plantes Medicinales et Phytotherapie, 1981, p. 80-91.
FORGACS, P., PROVOST, J. OLAXOSIDE, A SAPONIN FROM OLAX-ANDRONENSIS, OLAX-GLABRIFLORA AND OLAX-PSITTACORUM. PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 1981, vol. 20, no. 7, p. 1689-1691. 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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