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Tinospora crispa

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 12 constituent measurements and 2 adverse-effect records for Tinospora crispa. 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: Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson

12Constituent measurements
2Safety records
8Cited 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

  • Alkaloids4
  • Clerodane-type diterpenes2
  • Diterpene lactones2
  • Aporphine alkaloids1
  • Eleutheroside b1
  • Furan derivatives1
  • Magnoflorine1

Plant parts

  • Stem9
  • stalk9
  • Live plants2
  • Unspecified1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction7
  • Drying (dehydration)2

Effect types

  • Hepatotoxicity2

Target tissues

  • Liver2

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
AlkaloidsStem / stalkSolvent extractionStandard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)Resolve DOI
AlkaloidsStem / stalkSolvent extractionHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
AlkaloidsStem / stalkSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
Aporphine alkaloidsStem / stalkUnspecifiedResolve DOI
Clerodane-type diterpenesUnspecifiedSolvent extractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Resolve DOI
Clerodane-type diterpenesStem / stalkUnspecifiedResolve DOI
Diterpene lactonesStem / stalkSolvent extractionHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
Diterpene lactonesStem / stalkUnspecifiedResolve DOI
Eleutheroside bLive plantsSolvent extraction467 Microgram/millilitreHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
MagnoflorineLive plantsSolvent extraction281 Microgram/millilitreHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
AlkaloidsNo resolvable identifier
Furan derivativesNo 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
HepatotoxicityLiverStem / stalkDrying (dehydration)Human (as organism)Case reportResolve DOI
HepatotoxicityLiverStem / stalkDrying (dehydration)Human (as organism)Study with volunteersNo 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.

  1. Thomas Alex., Kumar D Suresh., Rajesh E K. The Significance of Tinospora crispa in Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus. Phytotherapy research : PTR, None.
  2. Yusoff, M., Hamid, H., Houghton, P. Anticholinesterase Inhibitory Activity of Quaternary Alkaloids from Tinospora crispa. MOLECULES, 2014, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 1201-1211. DOI
  3. Hamid, HA., Yusoff, MM., Liu, M., Karim, MR. alpha-Glucosidase and alpha-amylase inhibitory constituents of Tinospora crispa: Isolation and chemical profile confirmation by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight/mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS, 2015, vol. 16, p. 74-80. DOI
  4. PACHALY, P., ADNAN, AZ., WILL, G. NMR-ASSIGNMENTS OF N-ACYLAPORPHINE ALKALOIDS FROM TINOSPORA-CRISPA. Planta medica, 1992, vol. 58, no. 2, p. 184-187. DOI
  5. Koay, Yen Chin., Amir, Faheem. A Review of the Secondary Metabolites and Biological Activities of Tinospora crispa (Menispermaceae) . Tropical journal of pharmaceutical research, 2013, vol. 12, no. 4, p. 641-649. DOI
  6. Mantaj, J., Rahman, SMA., Bokshi, B., Hasan, CM., Jackson, PJM., Parsons, RB., Rahman, KM. Crispene E, a cis-clerodane diterpene inhibits STAT3 dimerization in breast cancer cells. ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY, 2015, vol. 13, no. 13, p. 3882-3886. DOI
  7. Ahmad, Waqas., Jantan, Ibrahim., Kumolosasi, Endang., Bukhari, Syed Nasir Abbas. Standardized extract of Tinospora crispa stimulates innate and adaptive immune responses in Balb/c mice. . Food & function, 2016, vol. 7, no. 3, p. 1380-9. DOI
  8. Langrand, J., Regnault, H., Cachet, X., Bouzidi, C., Villa, AF., Serfaty, L., Garnier, R., Michel, S. Toxic hepatitis induced by a herbal medicine: Tinospora crispa. PHYTOMEDICINE, 2014, vol. 21, no. 8-9, p. 1120-1123. DOI

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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