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Oldenlandia corymbosa

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 10 constituent measurements and 2 adverse-effect records for Oldenlandia corymbosa. 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: Oldenlandia corymbosa L.

10Constituent measurements
2Safety records
6Cited 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

Constituents measured

  • 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid1
  • Alkaloids1
  • Anthraquinones1
  • Cardiac glycosides1
  • Coumarins1
  • Esculetin1
  • Lignans1
  • Saponins1
  • Scopoletin1
  • Tannins1

Plant parts

  • Live plants7
  • Leaves5

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction7

Effect types

  • Reproductive2

Target tissues

  • Uterus2

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.

SubstancePlant partPreparationConcentrationAnalytical methodSource
AnthraquinonesLive plantsSolvent extractionColorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and PhotometryResolve DOI
CoumarinsLive plantsSolvent extractionColorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and PhotometryResolve DOI
LignansLive plantsSolvent extractionHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acidLive plantsStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
AlkaloidsLive plantsSolvent extractionColorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and PhotometryNo resolvable identifier
Cardiac glycosidesLeavesSolvent extractionPhytochemical screeningNo resolvable identifier
EsculetinLive plantsStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
SaponinsLeavesSolvent extractionPhytochemical screeningNo resolvable identifier
ScopoletinLive plantsStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)No resolvable identifier
TanninsLeavesSolvent extractionPhytochemical screeningNo 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.

EffectTarget tissuePlant partPreparationTest organismTest typeSource
ReproductiveUterusLeavesRat (as animal)OtherResolve DOI
ReproductiveUterusLeavesRat (as animal)OtherResolve 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. Awobajo, F O., Omorodion-Osagie, E., Olatunji-Bello, I I., Adegoke, O A., Adeleke, T I. Acute oral toxicity test and phytochemistry of some West African medicinal plants. . Nigerian quarterly journal of hospital medicine, 2009, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 53-8.
  2. Kuang, L.-S., Jiang, W., Hou, A.-J., Qian, M. Chemical constituents of Hedyotis corymbosa. Chinese traditional and herbal drugs, 2009, vol. 40, no. 7, p. 1020-1024.
  3. Yadav, R. N. S., Agarwala, Munin. Phytochemical analysis of some medicinal plants. Journal of phytology, 2011, p. 10-14.
  4. Li, H., Li, C., Xia, B., Zhou, Y., Lin, L., Liao, D. A chemotaxonomic study of phytochemicals in Hedyotis corymbosa. Biochemical systematics and ecology, 2015, vol. 62, p. 173-177. DOI
  5. Noiarsa, Pawadee., Ruchirawat, Somsak., Otsuka, Hideaki., Kanchanapoom, Tripetch. Chemical constituents from Oldenlandia corymbosa L. of Thai origin. JOURNAL OF NATURAL MEDICINES, 2008, vol. 62, no. 2, p. 249-250. DOI
  6. Nikolajsen, Tine., Nielsen, Frank., Rasch, Vibeke., Sorensen, Pernille H., Ismail, Flora., Kristiansen, Uffe., Jager, Anna K. Uterine contraction induced by Tanzanian plants used to induce abortion. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2011, vol. 137, no. 1, p. 921-925. 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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