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Scutia myrtina

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 3 constituent measurements for Scutia myrtina. 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: Scutia myrtina (Burm.f.) Kurz

3Constituent measurements

0Safety records

3Cited 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

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
Anthraquinones	Bark	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins)	Leaves	—	100 Milligram/gram	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Quinones	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI

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.

Hou, Yanpeng., Cao, Shugeng., Brodie, Peggy J., Callmander, Martin W., Ratovoson, Fidisoa., Rakotobe, Etienne A., Rasamison, Vincent E., Ratsimbason, Michel., Alumasa, John N., Roepe, Paul D., Kingston, David G. I. Antiproliferative and antimalarial anthraquinones of Scutia myrtina from the Madagascar forest. BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 2009, vol. 17, no. 7, p. 2871-2876. DOI
Hattas, Dawood., Julkunen-Tiitto, Riitta. The quantification of condensed tannins in African savanna tree species. PHYTOCHEMISTRY LETTERS, 2012, vol. 5, no. 2, p. 329-334. DOI
Ayers, Sloan., Zink, Deborah L., Mohn, Kenneth., Powell, Joanne Staats., Brown, Christine M., Murphy, Terry., Brand, Robert., Pretorius, Seef., Stevenson, Dennis., Thompson, Donald., Singh, Sheo B. Scutiaquinones A and B, perylenequinones from the roots of Scutia myrtina with anthelmintic activity. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS, 2007, vol. 70, no. 3, p. 425-427. 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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