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Pseudostellaria heterophylla

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements for Pseudostellaria heterophylla. 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: Pseudostellaria heterophylla (Miq.) Pax

7Constituent measurements

0Safety records

5Cited sources

68Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 68 licensed products naming Pseudostellaria heterophylla 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

Source material stated

Root
Root tuber(s)
Tuber

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
Saponins	Roots and other underground parts used as staple food	Solvent extraction	≥ 318 Microgram/gram	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Roots and other underground parts used as staple food	Solvent extraction	≤ 324.5 Microgram/gram	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Unspecified	Essential oil	3.28 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Furan derivatives	Roots and other underground parts	—	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Furan derivatives	Unspecified	Essential oil	2.9 Percent	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Furan derivatives	Unspecified	Essential oil	—	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Unspecified	—	—	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.

Shen, Xiang-chun., Tao, Ling. GC-MS analysis of chemical contents of volatile oil in Pseudostellaria heterophylla from Guizhou province. Zhongchengyao, 2007, p. 1659-1661.
Li, Ying., Yang, Xiu-Wei. Studies on chemical constituents of root tuber of cultivated Pseudostellaria heterophylla (Zheshen No. 1) . . Zhongguo zhong yao za zhi = zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = china journal of chinese materia medica, 2008, vol. 33, no. 20, p. 2353-5.
Wang, Zhexing., Xu, Suixu., Zhang, Xiuqin. Chemical constituents of Pseudostellaria heterophylla. III. Analysis of the volatile oils. Shenyang yaoxueyuan xuebao, 1993, p. 221-222.
Peng, Ai-hong., Xiong, He-jian., Yan, Yu-hang. Study on determination of total saponins content in Pseudostellaria heterophylla. Sichuan shifan daxue xuebao, ziran kexueban, 2006, p. 743-746.
Dou, Fang., Xi, Miaomiao., Wang, Junxian., Tian, Xiangrong., Hong, Liangjian., Tang, Haifeng., Wen, Aidong. alpha-Glucosidase and alpha-amylase inhibitory activities of saponins from traditional Chinese medicines in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. PHARMAZIE, 2013, vol. 68, no. 4, p. 300-304. DOI

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