Botanical species · safety record

Ricinus communis

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 2 constituent measurements and 8 adverse-effect records for Ricinus communis. 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: Ricinus communis L.

2Constituent measurements

8Safety records

8Cited sources

46Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 46 licensed products naming Ricinus communis 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

New material
Ripe grain
Ripe seed(s)
Ripe seeds
Root
Seed oleoresin
Seed(s)

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
Lectins	Seed	—	—	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Pyridine alkaloids	Seed	Essential oil	—	Unspecified	Resolve DOI

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
Digestive	Digestive	Seed	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Not reported	Digestive	Seed	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Other toxicities	—	Seed	Essential oil (as part-nature)	Rat (as animal)	Acute toxicity	Resolve DOI
Other toxicities	—	Seed	Essential oil (as part-nature)	Rat (as animal)	Acute toxicity	Resolve DOI
Other toxicities	Digestive	Seed	—	Dog (as animal)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Systemic	Digestive	Seed	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Digestive	Digestive	Leaves	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	No resolvable identifier
Hepatotoxicity	Liver	Seed	—	Human (as organism)	Other	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.

Hamouda, C., Amamou, M., Thabet, H., Yacoub, M., Hedhili, A., Bescharnia, F., Ben Salah, N., Zhioua, M., Abdelmoumen, S., Ben Brahim, NE. Plant poisonings from herbal medication admitted to a Tunisian toxicologic intensive care unit, 1983-1998 . Veterinary and human toxicology, 2000, vol. 42, no. 3, p. 137-141.
Roels, Stefan., Coopman, Vera., Vanhaelen, Pascal., Cordonnier, Jan. Lethal ricin intoxication in two adult dogs: toxicologic and histopathologic findings. Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation, 2010, vol. 22, no. 3, p. 466-468. DOI
Serrano, Rita. Toxic plants: knowledge, medicinal uses and potential human health risks. Environment and ecology research, 2018, vol. 6, no. 5, p. 487-492.
Thornton, S. L., Darracq, M., Lo, J., Cantrell, F. L. Castor bean seed ingestions: A state-wide poison control system's experience. Clinical toxicology, 2014, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 265-268. DOI
Ren, Bent Tore., Opstad, Aase Mari., Haavind, Anniken., Tnsager, Janne. Serial Ricinine Levels in Serum and Urine after Ricin Intoxication. Journal of analytical toxicology, 2013, vol. 37, no. 5, p. 313-317. DOI
Bogan, M., Oktay, M.M., Sabak, M., G�m�sboga, H., Eren, S.H. Stranger in the garden: Ricinus communis, 17 cases of intoxication. Hong kong journal of emergency medicine, 2019. DOI
Worbs, Sylvia., Koehler, Kernt., Pauly, Diana., Avondet, Marc-Andre., Schaer, Martin., Dorner, Martin B., Dorner, Brigitte G. Ricinus communis Intoxications in Human and Veterinary Medicine-A Summary of Real Cases. Toxins, 2011, vol. 3, no. 10, p. 1332-1372. DOI
[Anonymous]. Ricin (from Ricinus communis) as undesirable substances in animal feed Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain. Efsa journal, 2008, vol. 6, no. 9. 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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