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Wisteria sinensis
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 14 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Wisteria sinensis. 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 sinensis (Sims) Sweet
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
- Eugenol3
- 1,8-cineole1
- 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde1
- Coumarin1
- Duartin1
- Formononetin1
- Indole1
- Lectins1
- Medicarpin1
- Methyl salicylate1
Plant parts
- Flower8
- Unspecified5
- Seed1
Preparations
- Solvent extraction6
- Super-critical gas extraction6
- Essential oil2
Target tissues
- 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.
| Substance | Plant part | Preparation | Concentration | Analytical method | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coumarin | Flower | Essential oil | 2.6 Percent | GC-MS | Resolve DOI |
| Scopoletin | Flower | Essential oil | — | GC-MS | Resolve DOI |
| 1,8-cineole | Flower | Super-critical gas extraction | 128.2 Nanogram/gram | Unspecified | No resolvable identifier |
| 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde | Unspecified | Solvent extraction | — | Gaschromatography (GC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Duartin | Unspecified | Solvent extraction | — | Gaschromatography (GC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Eugenol | Flower | Super-critical gas extraction | 15.4 Nanogram/gram | Unspecified | No resolvable identifier |
| Eugenol | Flower | Super-critical gas extraction | 61.1 Nanogram/gram | Unspecified | No resolvable identifier |
| Eugenol | Flower | Super-critical gas extraction | 39.9 Nanogram/gram | Unspecified | No resolvable identifier |
| Formononetin | Unspecified | Solvent extraction | — | Gaschromatography (GC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Indole | Flower | Super-critical gas extraction | 207 Nanogram/gram | Unspecified | No resolvable identifier |
| Lectins | Seed | Solvent extraction | 160 Milligram/100 gram | Capillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE) | No resolvable identifier |
| Medicarpin | Unspecified | Solvent extraction | — | Gaschromatography (GC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Methyl salicylate | Flower | Super-critical gas extraction | 356 Nanogram/gram | Unspecified | No resolvable identifier |
| Syringaresinol | Unspecified | Solvent extraction | — | Gaschromatography (GC) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not stated | Stomach | — | — | 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.
- Jiang, Yifan., Chen, Xinlu., Lin, Hong., Wang, Fei., Chen, Feng. Floral Scent in Wisteria: Chemical Composition, Emission Pattern, and Regulation . Journal of the american society for horticultural science, 2011, vol. 136, no. 5, p. 307-314.
- Tubaro, P. G., Sacco, G., Sosa, S., Tubaro, A. Toxicity of Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet seeds. Pharmaceutical and pharmacological letters, 2001, vol. 11, no. 2, p. 58-60.
- Liu, Jin-Song., Chen, Ai-Min., Xu, Ying-Sheng., Wang, Gang., Wang, Guo-Kai. Phenolic derivatives from Wisteria sinensis sweet caulis .. Zhong yao cai = zhongyaocai = journal of chinese medicinal materials, 2013, vol. 36, no. 9, p. 1437-40.
- Demyttenaere, J., Van Syngel, K., Markusse, AP., Vervisch, S., Debenedetti, S., De Kimpe, N. Synthesis of 6-methoxy-4H-1-benzopyran-7-ol, a character donating component of the fragrance of Wisteria sinensis . Tetrahedron, 2002, vol. 58, no. 11, p. 2163-2166. DOI
- Freier, Thomas., Fleischmann, Guenter., Ruediger, Harold. Affinity chromatography on immobilized hog gastric mucin and ovomucoid. A general method for isolation of lectins. Biological chemistry hoppe-seyler, 1985, vol. 366, no. 11, p. 1023-8.
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