EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Star apple (as plant) // Chrysophyllum cainito L.

Family:: Sapotaceae
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 118
Number of processed references:: 2

Compositions

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: Wongkham, Sopit., Boonsiri, Patcharee., Trisonthi, Chusri., Simasathiansophon, Sonthaya., Wongkham, Chaisiri., Atisook, Kanit. Studies on lectins from thai plants. Journal of the Science Society of Thailand, 1995, p. 27–36. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Fruit unspecified (as part-nature) (A067D)
Substance:

Lectins (RF-00000439-ORG)
Analytical method code:

Agglutination tests (Agg.) (F082A)
Analytical method - additional description:

Hemagglutination
Result unit:

International Unit/gram (G252A)
Result type:

Numerical Value (VAL)
Value (concentration, content):

145480
Internal remarks:

Lectins

Composition #2: Coe, F.G., Parikh, D.M., Johnson, C.A., Anderson, G.J. The good and the bad: Alkaloid screening and brineshrimp bioassays of aqueous extracts of 31 medicinal plants of eastern Nicaragua. Pharmaceutical Biology, 2012, vol. 50, no. 3, p. 384–392. DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2011.608077. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Leaves (as part-nature) (A0EKT)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

water
Substance:

Alkaloids (RF-00004360-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) (F016A)
Analytical method - additional description:

Dragendorff’s reagent and thin-layer chromatography (TLC)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Alkaloids

Composition #3: Coe, F.G., Parikh, D.M., Johnson, C.A., Anderson, G.J. The good and the bad: Alkaloid screening and brineshrimp bioassays of aqueous extracts of 31 medicinal plants of eastern Nicaragua. Pharmaceutical Biology, 2012, vol. 50, no. 3, p. 384–392. DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2011.608077. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Fruit unspecified (as part-nature) (A067D)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

water
Substance:

Alkaloids (RF-00004360-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) (F016A)
Analytical method - additional description:

Dragendorff’s reagent and thin-layer chromatography (TLC)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Alkaloids