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Tetradium ruticarpum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 32 constituent measurements and 3 adverse-effect records for Tetradium ruticarpum. 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: Tetradium ruticarpum (A. Juss.) T.G. Hartley

32Constituent measurements
3Safety records
8Cited sources
132Licensed products (Canada)

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 132 licensed products naming Tetradium ruticarpum 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

  • Dry
  • Extract Type TBA

Source material stated

  • Dried and nearly ripe fruit (processed)
  • Fruit
  • Fruit extract

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Rutaecarpine9
  • Evodiamine7
  • Limonin5
  • Dehydroevodiamine3
  • Limonoids2
  • Quinolones2
  • Synephrine2
  • Carboline alkaloids1
  • Quinoline alkaloids1

Plant parts

  • Fruit unspecified31

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction33

Effect types

  • Systemic2
  • Hepatotoxicity1

Target tissues

  • Liver1

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.

SubstancePlant partPreparationConcentrationAnalytical methodSource
Carboline alkaloidsFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionHPLC-MS/MSResolve DOI
DehydroevodiamineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionHPLC-DADResolve DOI
DehydroevodiamineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≤ 0.2943 PercentUHPLC-MS-MSResolve DOI
DehydroevodiamineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≥ 0.002 PercentUHPLC-MS-MSResolve DOI
EvodiamineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionLC-HR-MSResolve DOI
EvodiamineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≥ 4e-04 PercentUHPLC-MS-MSResolve DOI
EvodiamineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≤ 0.1137 PercentUHPLC-MS-MSResolve DOI
EvodiamineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≥ 0.07 Milligram/gramHPLC with standard detection methodsResolve DOI
EvodiamineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≤ 9.16 Milligram/gramHPLC with standard detection methodsResolve DOI
LimoninFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≥ 0.0154 PercentUHPLC-MS-MSResolve DOI
LimoninFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≤ 1.934 PercentUHPLC-MS-MSResolve DOI
LimoninFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionHPLC-MS/MSResolve DOI
Quinoline alkaloidsFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionHPLC-MS/MSResolve DOI
QuinolonesFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionLC-HR-MSResolve DOI
QuinolonesFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionHPLC-MS/MSResolve DOI
RutaecarpineSolvent extraction≥ 0.03 Milligram/gramResolve DOI
RutaecarpineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≤ 11.04 Milligram/gramHPLC with standard detection methodsResolve DOI
RutaecarpineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≥ 1.76 Milligram/gramHPLC with standard detection methodsResolve DOI
RutaecarpineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≤ 0.6025 PercentUHPLC-MS-MSResolve DOI
RutaecarpineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≥ 0.0176 PercentUHPLC-MS-MSResolve DOI
RutaecarpineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionLC-HR-MSResolve DOI
RutaecarpineSolvent extraction≤ 7.6 Milligram/gramResolve DOI
SynephrineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≥ 0.52 Milligram/gramHPLC with standard detection methodsResolve DOI
SynephrineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≤ 2.42 Milligram/gramHPLC with standard detection methodsResolve DOI
EvodiamineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≥ 0.393 PercentHPLC-DADNo resolvable identifier
EvodiamineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≤ 2.466 PercentHPLC-DADNo resolvable identifier
LimoninFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≥ 0.333 PercentHPLC-DADNo resolvable identifier
LimoninFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≤ 0.815 PercentHPLC-DADNo resolvable identifier
LimonoidsFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
LimonoidsFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier
RutaecarpineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≤ 1.393 PercentHPLC-DADNo resolvable identifier
RutaecarpineFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≥ 0.151 PercentHPLC-DADNo 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.

EffectTarget tissuePlant partPreparationTest organismTest typeSource
HepatotoxicityLiverFruit unspecifiedSolvent extractionHouse mouse (as animal)Short-term toxicityResolve DOI
SystemicRat (as animal)OtherResolve DOI
SystemicRat (as animal)OtherResolve 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.

  1. Pellati, F., Benvenuti, S., Yoshizaki, F., Melegari, M. Development and validation of HPLC methods for the analysis of phenethylamine and indoloquinazoline alkaloids in Evodia species . Journal of separation science, 2006, vol. 29, no. 5, p. 641-649. DOI
  2. Ueng, YF., Tsai, TH., Don, MJ., Chen, RM., Chen, TL. Alteration of the pharmacokinetics of theophylline by rutaecarpine, an alkaloid of the medicinal herb Evodia rutaecarpa, in rats . Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology, 2005, vol. 57, no. 2, p. 227-232. DOI
  3. Zhao, Yang., Zhao, Yunling., Zhou, Xin., Gong, Xiaojian. Development and validation of an UPLC-ESI-MS/MS method for determination of dehydroevodiamine, limonin, evodiamine, and rutaecarpine in Evodiae Fructus . Pharmacognosy magazine, 2014, vol. 10, no. 39, p. 374-383. DOI
  4. Yang, X. -W., Zhang, H., Li, M., Du, L. -J., Yang, Z., Xiao, S. -Y. Studies on the alkaloid constituents of Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss) Benth var. bodinaieri (Dode) Huang and their acute toxicity in mice . Journal of asian natural products research, 2006, vol. 8, no. 8, p. 697-703. DOI
  5. Zhang, Hongmei., Wang, Changhong., Cheng, Xuemei., Wang, Zhengtao., Yue, Jianmin. Simultaneous determination of limonin, evodiamine and rutaecarpine in Fructus Evodiae by high-performance liquid chromatography. Asian journal of traditional medicines, 2008, vol. 3, no. 5, p. 163-171.
  6. Schramm, Anja., Hamburger, Matthias. Gram-scale purification of dehydroevodiamine from Evodia rutaecarpa fruits, and a procedure for selective removal of quaternary indoloquinazoline alkaloids from Evodia extracts . Fitoterapia, 2014, vol. 94, p. 127-133. DOI
  7. Li, Wenlan., Sun, Xiangming., Liu, Bingmei., Zhang, Lihui., Fan, Ziquan., Ji, Yubin. Screening and identification of hepatotoxic component in Evodia rutaecarpa based on spectrum-effect relationship and UPLC-Q-TOFMS . Biomedical chromatography, 2016, vol. 30, no. 12, p. 1975-1983. DOI
  8. Yang, Xiu-Wei., Teng, Jie. Chemical constituents of the unripe fruits of Evodia rutaecarpa. Journal of chinese pharmaceutical sciences, 2007, vol. 16, no. 1, p. 20-23.

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