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Phyllostachys nigra

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements for Phyllostachys nigra. 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: Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro

7Constituent measurements
0Safety records
2Cited sources
9Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 9 licensed products naming Phyllostachys nigra 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.

Extract types on licence

  • Dry

Source material stated

  • Herba
  • Leaf
  • New material
  • Shoot
  • Stem wood

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Cyanogenic glycosides2
  • Alkaloids1
  • Anthraquinones1
  • Coumarins1
  • Saponins1
  • Tannins1

Plant parts

  • Leaves6
  • Bark1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction2

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
AlkaloidsLeavesNo resolvable identifier
AnthraquinonesLeavesNo resolvable identifier
CoumarinsLeavesNo resolvable identifier
Cyanogenic glycosidesLeavesSolvent extractionChromatographic testsNo resolvable identifier
Cyanogenic glycosidesBarkSolvent extractionChromatographic testsNo resolvable identifier
SaponinsLeavesNo resolvable identifier
TanninsLeavesNo 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.

  1. Zhou, Zhaoxiang. Chemical constituents of bamboo leaves. Tianran chanwu yanjiu yu kaifa, 1992, p. 44-51.
  2. Cho, Hye-Jeon., Do, Byung-Kyung., Shim, Soon-Mi., Kwon, Hoonjeong., Lee, Dong-Ha., Nah, Ahn-Hee., Choi, Youn-Ju., Lee, Sook-Yeon. Determination of cyanogenic compunds in edible plants by ion chromatography. Toxicological Research (Seoul, Republic of Korea), 2013, p. 143-147.

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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