Botanical species · safety record

Robinia pseudoacacia

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 4 constituent measurements and 4 adverse-effect records for Robinia pseudoacacia. 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: Robinia pseudoacacia L.

4Constituent measurements

4Safety records

5Cited sources

45Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 45 licensed products naming Robinia pseudoacacia 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.

Source material stated

Bark
Bark of young twigs
Fresh bark of young branches
Fresh bark of young twigs
Écorce de jeunes rameaux

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
Canavanine	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Cyanamide including salts expressed as cyanamide	Leaves	Solvent extraction	132.6 Milligram/gram	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Lectins	Unspecified	—	—	—	Resolve DOI
Phasin	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	Neurologic	Roots and other underground parts	—	Horse (as animal)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Not stated	Digestive	Unspecified	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Systemic	Digestive	Aerial part of plants	—	Horse (as animal)	Case report	No resolvable identifier
Systemic	Neurologic: central nervous system	Unspecified	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	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.

Kaland, Mingzohn Ellen., Klein-Schwartz, Wendy., Anderson, Bruce D. Toxalbumin exposures: 12 years' experience of US poison centers. Toxicon, 2015, vol. 99, p. 125-129. DOI
Botha, CJ., Naude, TW. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of importance in horses in southern Africa . Journal of the south african veterinary association-tydskrif van die suid-afrikaanse veterinere vereniging, 2002, vol. 73, no. 3, p. 91-97.
Costa Bou X., Soler i Ros JM., Seculi Palacios JL. Poisoning by Robinia pseudoacacia . Intoxicaci�n por Robinia pseudoacacia.. Anales espanoles de pediatria, 1990, vol. 32, no. 1, p. 68-9.
Vanschandevijl, K., van Loon, G., Lefere, L., Deprez, P. Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) intoxication as a suspected cause of transient hyperammonaemia and enteral encephalopathy in a pony. Equine veterinary education, 2010, vol. 22, no. 7, p. 336-339. DOI
Kamo, Tsunashi., Tokuoka, Yoshinori., Miyazaki, Masahisa. Quantification of Canavanine, 2-Aminoethanol, and Cyanamide in Aphis craccivora and its Host Plants, Robinia pseudoacacia and Vicia angustifolia: Effects of These Compounds on Larval Survivorship of Harmonia axyridis . Journal of chemical ecology, 2012, vol. 38, no. 12, p. 1552-1560. 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.

Continue

Independent literature