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Xanthosoma sagittifolium

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 12 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Xanthosoma sagittifolium. 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: Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott

12Constituent measurements

1Safety records

7Cited 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
Calcium oxalate	Roots and other underground parts	Raw, no heat treatment	491 Milligram/100 gram	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	Resolve DOI
Oxalates	Leaves	Raw, no heat treatment	≥ 506 Milligram/100 gram	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Oxalates	Leaves	Raw, no heat treatment	≤ 546 Milligram/100 gram	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Quinones	Leaves	Drying (dehydration)	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	Drying (dehydration)	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Epigallocatechins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	No resolvable identifier
Gallic acid	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	No resolvable identifier
Hydrocyanic acid	Roots and other underground parts	Powder	≤ 1.557 Milligram/100 gram	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	No resolvable identifier
Hydrocyanic acid	Roots and other underground parts	Powder	≥ 1.583 Milligram/100 gram	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	No resolvable identifier
Oxalates	Roots and other underground parts	Drying (dehydration)	0.4 Milligram/100 gram	—	No resolvable identifier
Phytic acid	Roots and other underground parts	Drying (dehydration)	≥ 70.21 Milligram/100 gram	—	No resolvable identifier
Phytic acid	Roots and other underground parts	Drying (dehydration)	≤ 72.41 Milligram/100 gram	—	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	Roots and other underground parts	Raw, no heat treatment	—	In vitro	Resolve DOI

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.

Onyishi Ikechukwu, V., Chime Salome, A., Ugwu Jonathan, C. Evaluation of binder and disintegrant properties of starch derived from Xanthosoma sagittifolium in metronidazole tablets. African journal of biotechnology, 2013, p. 3064-3070.
Prathibha, S., Nambisan, B., Leelamma, S. Enzyme inhibitors in tuber crops and their thermal stability. Plant foods for human nutrition, 1995, vol. 48, no. 3, p. 247-257. DOI
IWUOHA, CI., KALU, FA. CALCIUM-OXALATE AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF COCOYAM (COLOCASIA-ESCULENTA AND XANTHOSOMA-SAGITTIFOLIUM) TUBER FLOURS AS AFFECTED BY PROCESSING . Food chemistry, 1995, vol. 54, no. 1, p. 61-66. DOI
Eddy, Nnabuk O., Essien, Emmanuel., Ebenso, Eno E., Ukpe, Richard A. Industrial Potential of Two Varieties of Cocoyam in Bread Making. E-journal of chemistry, 2012, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 451-464.
Savage, G. P., Martensson, L., Sedcole, J. R. Composition of oxalates in baked taro (Colocasia esculenta var. Schott) leaves cooked alone or with additions of cows milk or coconut milk . Journal of food composition and analysis, 2009, vol. 22, no. 1, p. 83-86. DOI
Agbor-Egbe, Tom., Rickard, June E. Identification of phenolic compounds in edible aroids. Journal of the science of food and agriculture, 1990, p. 215-221.
Regnier, C., Bocage, B., Archimede, H., Noblet, J., Renaudeau, D. Digestive utilization of tropical foliages of cassava, sweet potatoes, wild cocoyam and erythrina in Creole growing pigs . Animal feed science and technology, 2013, vol. 180, no. 1-4, p. 44-54. DOI

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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