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Sorghum bicolor

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 17 constituent measurements and 3 adverse-effect records for Sorghum bicolor. 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: Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

17Constituent measurements

3Safety records

6Cited 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

Effect types

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
Dhurrin	Stem / stalk	—	≤ 1.2 Milligram/gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Dhurrin	Stem / stalk	—	≥ 0.2 Milligram/gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Dhurrin	Leaves	—	≤ 0.7 Milligram/gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Dhurrin	Leaves	—	≥ 0.6 Milligram/gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Dhurrin	Leaves	—	≤ 1.5 Milligram/gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Dhurrin	Leaves	—	≥ 0.8 Milligram/gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Dhurrin	Stem / stalk	—	≥ 0.05 Milligram/gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Dhurrin	Stem / stalk	—	≤ 0.5 Milligram/gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Seed	Solvent extraction	4.26 Percent	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Coumarins	Seed	Solvent extraction	—	—	No resolvable identifier
Cyanogenic glycosides	Unspecified	—	≤ 1.39 Microgram/gram	—	No resolvable identifier
Hydrocyanic acid	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 21 Milligram/kilogram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Hydrocyanic acid	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 110 Milligram/kilogram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Phytic acid	Seed	Solvent extraction	7 Gram/kilogram	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Seed	—	≤ 72 Gram/kilogram	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Seed	—	≥ 0.5 Gram/kilogram	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Seed	Solvent extraction	6.31 Percent	Phytochemical screening	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
Other toxicities	—	Aerial part of plants	—	Goat (as animal)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Other toxicities	—	Aerial part of plants	—	Cattle (as animal)	Case report	Resolve DOI
Other toxicities	—	Aerial part of plants	—	Horse (as animal)	Case report	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.

Gleadow, R. M., Ottman, M. J., Kimball, B. A., Wall, G. W., Pinter, P. J., Jr., LaMorte, R. L., Leavitt, S. W. Drought-induced changes in nitrogen partitioning between cyanide and nitrate in leaves and sterns of sorghum grown at elevated CO2 are age dependent . Field crops research, 2016, vol. 185, p. 97-102. DOI
Sher, Ahmad., Ansar, Muhammad., Fayyaz-ul-Hassan., Shabbir, Ghulam., Malik, Muhammad Azim. Hydrocyanic acid content variation amongst sorghum cultivars grown with varying seed rates and nitrogen levels. International journal of agriculture and biology, 2012, p. 720-726.
Sarwar Gilani, G., Xiao, Chao Wu., Cockell, Kevin A. Impact of Antinutritional Factors in Food Proteins on the Digestibility of Protein and the Bioavailability of Amino Acids and on Protein Quality. British journal of nutrition, 2012, p. S315-S332.
Gupta, A., Sharma, S., Verma, H.K., Tyagi, D.S., Mishra, P.K., Patra, P.K. Phytochemical characterization of twelve medicinal plants used for sickle cell disease management in chhattisgarh. International journal of pharma and bio sciences, 2015, vol. 6, no. 2, p. B1062-B1070.
Lopes Camara, Antonio Carlos., Dalcin, Luciana., Soto-Blanco, Benito. Pathogenesis, clinical signs and epidemiology of the poisoning by cyanogenic plants in the Brazilian northwest . Semina-ciencias agrarias, 2014, vol. 35, no. 4, p. 1961-1971. DOI
Cho, Hye-Jeon., Do, Byung-Kyung., Shim, Soon-Mi., Kwon, Hoonjeong., Lee, Dong-Ha., Nah, Ahn-Hee., Choi, Youn-Ju., Lee, Sook-Yeon. Determination of cyanogenic compunds in edible plants by ion chromatography. Toxicological Research (Seoul, Republic of Korea), 2013, p. 143-147.

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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