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Smilax china
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 12 constituent measurements for Smilax china. 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 china L.
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
Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 10 licensed products naming Smilax china 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.
Extract types on licence
Source material stated
What the records describe
Constituents measured
- Alkaloids1
- Dioscin1
- Gallic acid1
- Gracillin1
- Methylprotodioscin1
- Methylprotogracillin1
- Phenylpropanoids1
- Prosapogenin a1
- Salicylates1
- Saponins1
Plant parts
- Roots and other underground parts11
- Stem1
- stalk1
Preparations
- Solvent extraction12
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallic acid | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Phenylpropanoids | Stem / stalk | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | Resolve DOI |
| Salicylates | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Steroidal saponins | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | Resolve DOI |
| Alkaloids | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Phytochemical screening | No resolvable identifier |
| Dioscin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Gracillin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Methylprotodioscin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Methylprotogracillin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Prosapogenin a | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Saponins | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Phytochemical screening | No resolvable identifier |
| Tannins | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Phytochemical screening | 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.
- Kim, Sung Whan., Chung, Kyu Charn., Son, Kun Ho., Kang, Sam Sik. Steroidal saponins from the rhizomes of Smilax china. Saengyak Hakhoechi, 1989, p. 76-82.
- Kuo, YH., Hsu, YW., Liaw, CC., Lee, JK., Huang, HC., Kuo, LMY. Cytotoxic phenylpropanoid glycosides from the stems of Smilax china. Journal of natural products, 2005, vol. 68, no. 10, p. 1475-1478. DOI
- Yang, Chunhua., Tang, Qingfa., Liu, Jinghan., Zhang, Zunjian., Liu, Wenying. Preparative isolation and purification of phenolic acids from Smilax china by high-speed counter-current chromatography . Separation and purification technology, 2008, vol. 61, no. 3, p. 474-478. DOI
- Solomon Raju, B.G., Battu, G.R., Manju Latha, Y.B., Srinivas, K. Antihepatotoxic activity of smilax china roots on ccl 4 induced hepatic damage in rats. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2012, vol. 4, no. 1, p. 494-496.
- SASHIDA, Y., KUBO, S., MIMAKI, Y., NIKAIDO, T., OHMOTO, T. STEROIDAL SAPONINS FROM SMILAX-RIPARIA AND S-CHINA. PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 1992, vol. 31, no. 7, p. 2439-2443. DOI
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