Botanical species · safety record

Semecarpus anacardium

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements and 6 adverse-effect records for Semecarpus anacardium. 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: Semecarpus anacardium L.f.

7Constituent measurements

6Safety records

5Cited sources

3Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 3 licensed products naming Semecarpus anacardium 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

Dried ripe fruit
Fruit

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
Anacardic acid	Fruit unspecified	—	—	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Seed	Solvent extraction	—	Gaschromatography (GC)	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Seed	Solvent extraction	—	Gaschromatography (GC)	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Seed	Solvent extraction	—	Gaschromatography (GC)	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	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	Cardiovascular / haematological	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Hemopoietic	Cardiovascular / haematological	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Hemopoietic	Cardiovascular / haematological	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	House mouse (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Hemopoietic	Cardiovascular / haematological	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	House mouse (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Not reported	Cardiovascular / haematological	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Not reported	Cardiovascular / haematological	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	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.

Pednekar, P.A., Raman, B. Pharmacognostic and phytochemical studies of Semecarpus anacardium (Linn.f.) leaves. International journal of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, 2012, vol. 4, no. SUPPL.3, p. 682-685.
Choudhari, C. V., Deshmukh, P. B. Acute and subchronic toxicity study of Semecarpus anacardium of hemoglobin percent and RBC count of male albino rat. Journal of herbal medicine and toxicology, 2007, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 41-43.
Maurya, Santosh Kumar., Seth, Ankit., Laloo, Damiki., Singh, Narendra Kumar., Gautam, Dev Nath Singh., Singh, Anil Kumar. Sodhana: An Ayurvedic process for detoxification and modification of therapeutic activities of poisonous medicinal plants. . Ancient science of life, 2015, vol. 34, no. 4, p. 188-97. DOI
Singh, R., Kakkar, A., Mishra, V.K. Anti-tuberculosis activity and GC-MS analysis of water extract of Semecarpus anacardium nuts. Der pharma chemica, 2015, vol. 7, no. 2, p. 278-285.
Patwardhan, B., Saraf, M N., David, S B. Toxicity of semecarpus anacardium extract.. Ancient science of life, 1988, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 106-9.

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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