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Woodfordia fruticosa

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 15 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Woodfordia fruticosa. 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: Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz

15Constituent measurements

1Safety records

7Cited sources

3Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 3 licensed products naming Woodfordia fruticosa as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Source material stated

Whole plant

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
Ellagitannins (hydrolysable tannins)	Flower	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	0.06 Percent	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	1.036 Percent	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Anthraquinones	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Anthraquinones	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Cardiac glycosides	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Chrysophanol	Flower	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No resolvable identifier
Epoxides	Leaves	Solvent extraction	5.43 Percent Area	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Gallic acid	Flower	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Phlobotannins	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	3.83 Percent	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	14.16 Percent	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Flower	Solvent extraction	—	Gelpermeation, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC)	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
Reproductive	Uterus	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Reproduction 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.

Khan, Amir Muhammad., Qureshi, Rizwana Aleem., Ullah, Faizan., Gilani, Syed Aneel., Nosheen, Asia., Sahreen, Sumaira., Laghari, Muhammad Khan., Laghari, Muhammad Yousif., Shafiq-Ur-Rehman., Hussain, Ishtiaq., et al. Phytochemical analysis of selected medicinal plants of Margalla Hills and surroundings. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 2011, p. 6017-6023.
Paris, R. R., Jacquemin, H. A Madagascan Lithraceae, Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz. Communication XVIII on Madagascan plants. Fitoterapia, 1976, p. 51-55.
Grover, N., Patni, V. Phytochemical characterization using various solvent extracts and GC-MS analysis of methanolic extract of Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz. leaves. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2013, vol. 5, no. 4, p. 291-295.
Khushalani, Heeshma., Tatke, Pratima., Singh, Kamalinder K. Antifertility activity of dried flowers of Woodfordia fruticosa Kurz. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2006, vol. 68, no. 4, p. 528-529.
Bhatt, Lok Ranjan., yugcannam., coehwajeong., Baek, Seung-Hwa. Radical Scavenging Activity of Gallic Acid from Woodfordia Fruticosa Flowers. Korean Journal of Oriental Physiology & Pathology, 2008, vol. 22, no. 4, p. 903-906.
OKUDA, T., YOSHIDA, T., HATANO, T., MORI, K., FUKUDA, T. FRACTIONATION OF PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE-PLANT POLYPHENOLS BY CENTRIFUGAL PARTITION CHROMATOGRAPHY . Journal of liquid chromatography, 1990, vol. 13, no. 18, p. 3637-3650. DOI
CHAUHAN, JS., SRIVASTAVA, SK., SRIVASTAVA, SD. PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE FLOWERS OF WOODFORDIA-FRUTICOSA. PLANTA MEDICA, 1979, vol. 36, no. 2, p. 183-184.

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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