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Vernicia fordii
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 9 constituent measurements and 3 adverse-effect records for Vernicia fordii. 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: Vernicia fordii (Hemsl.) Airy Shaw
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
- Phorbol esters3
- Chebulagic acid1
- Corilagin1
- Coumarins1
- Ellagitannins (hydrolysable tannins)1
- Geraniin1
- Syringaresinol1
Plant parts
- Leaves5
- Fruit unspecified3
- Roots and other underground parts3
- Seed1
Preparations
- Solvent extraction9
Effect types
- Digestive2
- Neurotoxicity1
Target tissues
- Digestive2
- Neurologic1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coumarins | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | Resolve DOI |
| Phorbol esters | Leaves | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | Resolve DOI |
| Phorbol esters | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | Resolve DOI |
| Syringaresinol | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | Resolve DOI |
| Chebulagic acid | Leaves | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | No resolvable identifier |
| Corilagin | Leaves | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | No resolvable identifier |
| Ellagitannins (hydrolysable tannins) | Leaves | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | No resolvable identifier |
| Geraniin | Leaves | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | No resolvable identifier |
| Phorbol esters | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digestive | Digestive | Fruit unspecified | — | Human (as organism) | Case report | No resolvable identifier |
| Digestive | Digestive | Seed | — | Human (as organism) | Case report | No resolvable identifier |
| Neurotoxicity | Neurologic | Fruit unspecified | — | Human (as organism) | Case report | 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.
- Carratala, Rogelio E. Collective intoxication by the fruit of Aleurites fordii. Dia med., 1936.
- Lin, TJ., Hsu, CI., Lee, KH., Shiu, LL., Deng, JF. Two outbreaks of acute Tung Nut (Aleurites fordii) poisoning. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY-CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY, 1996, vol. 34, no. 1, p. 87-92.
- Okuda, Takuo., Yoshida, Takashi., Koike, Shigeto., Toh, Namiko. Toxic constituent of the fruits of Aleurites fordii. Chemical Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 1974, p. 971-972.
- NONAKA, G., HAYASHI, M., TANAKA, T., SAIJO, R., NISHIOKA, I. TANNINS AND RELATED-COMPOUNDS .92. ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CYANOGENIC ELLAGITANNINS, ALEURININ-A AND ALEURININ-B, AND A RELATED O-GLYCOSIDIC ELLAGITANNIN, ALEURININ-C, FROM ALEURITES-FORDII HEMSLEY. CHEMICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN, 1990, vol. 38, no. 4, p. 861-865.
- Pei, Yi-Hua., Kim, Jae Wha., Kang, Ho-Bum., Lee, Hyeong-Kyu., Kim, Chan-Soo., Song, Hyuk-Hwan., Chin, Young-Won., Oh, Sei-Ryang. Tigliane diterpene esters with IFN gamma-inducing activity from the leaves of Aleurites fordii. BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 2012, vol. 22, no. 6, p. 2318-2320. DOI
- Xie Yu-Feng., Tao Zheng-Ming., Wang Hong-Bing., Qin Guo-Wei. Chemical Constituents from the Roots of Vernicia fordii. Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines, 2010, vol. 8, no. 4, p. 264-266. DOI
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