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Pterocarpus erinaceus

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements and 2 adverse-effect records for Pterocarpus erinaceus. 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: Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir.

6Constituent measurements

2Safety records

5Cited 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
Alkaloids	Bark	Solvent extraction	0.07 Percent	Direct extraction from tissue samples	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	0.03 Percent	Direct extraction from tissue samples	No resolvable identifier
Isoflavones	Wood	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Oxalates	Leaves	Drying (dehydration)	0.26 Gram/kilogram	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	No resolvable identifier
Phytic acid	Leaves	Drying (dehydration)	5.38 Gram/kilogram	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Leaves	Drying (dehydration)	2.02 Gram/kilogram	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	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
Hemopoietic	Blood coagulation	Bark	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Hemopoietic	Cardiovascular / haematological	Leaves	—	Goat (as animal)	Subchronic	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.

China, Tiropa Francis Chabi., Gbangboche, Bienvenu Armand., Attindehou, Sabbas., Olounlade, Abiodoun Pascal. Chemical components of main used herbal remedies in somba cattle health care in the northern Benin. World journal of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, 2016, vol. 5, no. 5, p. 175-184.
Okunade, S.A., Isah, O.A., Aderinboye, R.Y., Olafadehan, O.A. Assessment of chemical composition and in vitro degradation profile of some Guinea Savannah browse plants of Nigeria. Tropical and subtropical agroecosystems, 2014, vol. 17, no. 3, p. 529-538.
Bevan, C. W. L., Ekong, D. E. U., Obasi, M. E., Powell, J. W. West African timbers. XIII. Extracts from the heartwood of Amphimas pterocarpoides and Pterocarpus erinaceus. Journal of the chemical society [section] c: organic, 1966, vol. (5), p. 509-10.
Salawu, O. A., Aliyu, M., Tijani, A. Y. Haematological studies on the ethanolic stem bark extract of Pterocarpus erinaceus poir (fabaceae) . African journal of biotechnology, 2008, vol. 7, no. 9, p. 1212-1215.
Olafadehan, Olurotimi A. Changes in haematological and biochemical diagnostic parameters of Red Sokoto goats fed tannin-rich Pterocarpus erinaceus forage diets . Veterinarski arhiv, 2011, vol. 81, no. 4, p. 471-483.

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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