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Tylophora asthmatica

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 14 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Tylophora asthmatica. 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: Tylophora asthmatica Wight. & Arn.

14Constituent measurements

1Safety records

5Cited 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

Target tissues

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
Gamma fagarine	Live plants	—	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Skimmianine	Live plants	—	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Tylophorine	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	0.008 Percent	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Tylophorine	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Chromatographic tests	Resolve DOI
Tylophorine	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≤ 0.074 Percent	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Tylophorine	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.012 Percent	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Tylophorinine	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Chromatographic tests	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.12 Percent	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≤ 0.45 Percent	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.09 Percent	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	≤ 0.35 Percent	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.07 Percent	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	≤ 0.37 Percent	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	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
Hepatotoxicity	Liver	Leaves	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	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.

Gupta, R., Datta, A., Shri, R. Extraction process optimization of tylophorine from Tylophora asthmatica Wight & Arn.. Pharmacognosy Journal, 2012, vol. 4, no. 28, p. 19-23. DOI
Govindachari, T.R., Pai, B.R., Nagarajan, K. Chemical examination of tylophora asthmatica. Part I. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed), 1954, p. 2801-2803. DOI
Malathi, R., Gomaz, P. Evaluation of preliminary toxicity studies on the methanolic leaves extract of Tylophora asthmatica in experimental rats. Journal of pharmacology and toxicology, 2008, vol. 3, no. 1, p. 34-40.
Karnick, C. R. Phytochemical investigations of some Tylophora species found in India. Planta Medica, 1975, p. 333-336.
ETHERINGTON, T., HERBERT, RB., JACKSON, FB. FUROQUINOLINE ALKALOIDS FROM TYLOPHORA-ASTHMATICA. Phytochemistry, 1977, vol. 16, no. 7, p. 1125-1126. 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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