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Strychnos wallichiana
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 9 constituent measurements for Strychnos wallichiana. 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: Strychnos wallichiana Steud. ex A. DC.
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
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
- Brucine2
- Strychnine2
- Alpha-colubrine1
- Beta-colubrine1
- Icajine1
- Novacine1
- Vomicine1
Plant parts
- Leaves5
- Seed4
Preparations
- Solvent extraction9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha-colubrine | Seed | Solvent extraction | — | Unspecified | No resolvable identifier |
| Beta-colubrine | Leaves | Solvent extraction | 3e-04 Percent | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Brucine | Leaves | Solvent extraction | 0.0103 Percent | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Brucine | Seed | Solvent extraction | — | Unspecified | No resolvable identifier |
| Icajine | Leaves | Solvent extraction | 0.34 Percent | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Novacine | Leaves | Solvent extraction | 0.133 Percent | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Strychnine | Seed | Solvent extraction | — | Unspecified | No resolvable identifier |
| Strychnine | Leaves | Solvent extraction | 0.044 Percent | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Vomicine | Seed | Solvent extraction | — | Unspecified | 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.
- Bisset, N.G., Phillipson, J.D. Alkaloids from the seeds of Strychnos wallichiana Steud. ex DC. (Strychnos cinnamomifolia Thwaites var. wightii A.W. Hill). Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 1973, vol. 25, no. 7, p. 563-569.
- Bisset, N. G., Choudhury, A. K. Alkaloids from the leaves of Strychnos wallichiana. Phytochemistry (Elsevier), 1974, p. 259-263.
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