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Smilax anceps

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 12 constituent measurements for Smilax anceps. 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: Smilax anceps Willd.

12Constituent measurements

0Safety records

5Cited 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
Alkaloids	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Anthraquinones	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Cardiac glycosides	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Cardiac glycosides	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Cyanogenic glycosides	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Methylprotodioscin	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Saponin glycosides	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	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.

Rothman, Jessica M., Dierenfeld, Ellen S., Molina, Denis O., Shaw, Andrew V., Hintz, Harold F., Pell, Alice N. Nutritional chemistry of foods eaten by gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. American Journal of Primatology, 2006, p. 675-691.
Hamid, Abdulmumeen A., Aiyelaagbe, Olapeju O. The screening of phytoconstituents, antibacterial and antifungal properties of Smilax kraussiana leaves. Pharmacia Sinica, 2011, p. 267-273.
Lavaud, C., Massiot, G., Le Men-Olivier, L. Steroidal saponins from Smilax krausiana. Plantes Medicinales et Phytotherapie, 1993, p. 64-73.
Nwafor, Paul A., Ekpo, Memfin., Udezi, Tony Waka., Okokon, Jude., Bassey, Augustine L. Acute toxicity potential of methanolic extract of Smilax krausiana leaves in rats. International Journal of Pharmacology, 2006, p. 463-466.
Adebayo-Tayo, B. C., Adegoke, A. A. Phytochemical and microbial screening of herbal remedies in Akwa Ibom State, South Southern Nigeria. JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL PLANTS RESEARCH, 2008, vol. 2, no. 11, p. 306-310.

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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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