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Wisteria floribunda

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 1 constituent measurement and 3 adverse-effect records for Wisteria floribunda. 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: Wisteria floribunda (Willd.) DC.

1Constituent measurements
3Safety records
3Cited 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

  • Triterpene saponins1

Plant parts

  • Seed3
  • Roots and other underground parts1

Preparations

  • Ripe2
  • mature2
  • Solvent extraction1

Effect types

  • Neurotoxicity2
  • Digestive1

Target tissues

  • Digestive1
  • Neurologic1
  • Stomach1

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
Triterpene saponinsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extractionNuclear 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.

EffectTarget tissuePlant partPreparationTest organismTest typeSource
DigestiveStomachSeedRipe / matureHuman (as organism)Case reportResolve DOI
NeurotoxicityNeurologicSeedRipe / matureHuman (as organism)Case reportResolve DOI
NeurotoxicityDigestiveSeedHuman (as organism)Case reportNo 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. Kim, Dongwan., Park, Jihyoung., Kim, Yun Mi., Tchah, Hann. Acute intoxication due to Wisteria floribunda seed in seven young children . Pediatrics international, 2017, vol. 59, no. 5, p. 600-603. DOI
  2. RONDEAU, ES. WISTERIA TOXICITY. Journal of toxicology-clinical toxicology, 1993, vol. 31, no. 1, p. 107-112.
  3. Champy, Anne-Sophie., Mitaine-Offer, Anne-Claire., Paululat, Thomas., Papini, Anna-Maria., Lacaille-Dubois, Marie-Aleth. Triterpene Saponins from Wisteria floribunda macrobotrys and rosea. Natural product communications, 2017, vol. 12, no. 10, p. 1573-1576.

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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