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Xanthium italicum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements and 2 adverse-effect records for Xanthium italicum. 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: Xanthium italicum Moretti

6Constituent measurements

2Safety 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

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
Camphor	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 1 Percent	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
Methyleugenol	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 1.7 Percent	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
Methyleugenol	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 0.1 Percent	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≥ 0.1 Percent	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Aerial part of plants	Essential oil	≤ 1.3 Percent	GC-FID	Resolve DOI
Sesquiterpene lactones	Leaves	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	Liver	Aerial part of plants	Drying (dehydration)	House mouse (as animal)	Short-term toxicity	No resolvable identifier
Digestive	Liver	Aerial part of plants	Drying (dehydration)	Horse (as animal)	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.

Andreani, Stephane., Barboni, Toussaint., Desjobert, Jean-Marie., Paolini, Julien., Costa, Jean., Muselli, Alain. Essential oil composition and chemical variability of Xanthium italicum Moretti from Corsica . Flavour and fragrance journal, 2012, vol. 27, no. 3, p. 227-236. DOI
Kovacs, Adriana., Vasas, Andrea., Forgo, Peter., Rethy, Borbala., Zupko, Istvan., Hohmann, Judit. Xanthanolides with Antitumour Activity from Xanthium italicum. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG SECTION C-A JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES, 2009, vol. 64, no. 5-6, p. 343-349.
Bela, Fazekas., Endre, Bajmocy., Eniko, Orosz., Robert, Glavits., Gabor, Salyi. Italian cocklebur (Xanthium italicum) poisoning of horses. Magyar allatorvosok lapja, 2008, vol. 130, no. 5, p. 259-263.

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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