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Rudgea viburnoides

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 1 constituent measurement and 1 adverse-effect record for Rudgea viburnoides. 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: Rudgea viburnoides (Cham.) Benth.

1Constituent measurements
1Safety records
2Cited sources
0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.

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

  • Saponins1

Plant parts

  • Aerial part of plants1
  • Leaves1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction2

Effect types

  • Hepatotoxicity1

Target tissues

  • Liver1

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
SaponinsAerial part of plantsSolvent extractionChromatographic testsResolve DOI

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

EffectTarget tissuePlant partPreparationTest organismTest typeSource
HepatotoxicityLiverLeavesSolvent extractionRat (as animal)Short-term toxicityNo 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. Alves, R.M.S., Stehmann, J.R., Isaias, R.M.S., Brand�o, M.G.L. Caracteriza��o bot�nica e qu�mica de Rudgea viburnoides (Cham.) Benth., (Rubiaceae). Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 2004, vol. 14, no. 1, p. 49-56. DOI
  2. Monteiro, Juliana Castro., Pinto da Matta, Sergio Luis., Predes, Fabricia de Souza., de Oliveira, Tania Toledo. Liver Morphology and Morphometry and Plasma Biochemical Parameters of Wistar Rats that Received Leaf Infusion of Rudgea viburnoides Benth. (Rubiaceae). BRAZILIAN ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY, 2009, vol. 52, no. 2, p. 407-412.

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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