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Peperomia pellucida

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 12 constituent measurements for Peperomia pellucida. 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: Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth

12Constituent measurements

0Safety 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

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
Apiole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	1.83 Percent Area	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Asarinin	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Camphor	Aerial part of plants	Drying (dehydration)	≤ 2.8 Percent Area	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Dillapiole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	39.7 Percent Area	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Dillapiole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	28.03 Percent Area	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Lignans	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Dillapiole	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	55.3 Percent Area	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Isoquinoline alkaloids	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Lignans	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tropane alkaloids	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	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.

Gini, T.G., Jothi, G.J. Preliminary phytochemical screening of whole plant extracts of peperomia pellucida (linn.) HBK (piperaceae) and marsilea quadrifolia linn. (marsileaceae). International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Research, 2013, vol. 5, no. 3, p. 200-214.
De Lira, P.N.B., Da Silva, J.K.R., Andrade, E.H.A., Sousa, P.J.C., Silva, N.N.S., Maia, J.G.S. Essential oil composition of three Peperomia species from the Amazon, Brazil. Natural product communications, 2009, vol. 4, no. 3, p. 427-430.
da Silva, MHL., Zoghbi, MDB., Andrade, EHA., Maia, JGS. The essential oils of Peperomia pellucida Kunth and P. circinnata Link var. circinnata . Flavour and fragrance journal, 1999, vol. 14, no. 5, p. 312-314. DOI
Verma, Ram S., Padalia, Rajendra C., Goswami, Prakash., Chauhan, Amit. Essential oil composition of Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth from India. JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH, 2015, vol. 27, no. 2, p. 89-95. DOI
Xu, S., Li, N., Ning, MM., Zhou, CH., Yang, QR., Wang, MW. Bioactive compounds from Peperomia pellucida. Journal of natural products, 2006, vol. 69, no. 2, p. 247-250. DOI
Bayma, JD., Arruda, MSP., Muller, AH., Arruda, AC., Canto, WC. A dimeric ArC2 compound from Peperomia pellucida. PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 2000, vol. 55, no. 7, p. 779-782.

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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