EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Indigofera tinctoria L.

Family:: Leguminosae (Fabaceae)
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 288
Number of processed references:: 4

Compositions

#1: Cardiac glycosides #2: Coumarins #3: tannins #4: alkaloids #5: saponins #6: Indirubin and indigo #7: rotenoids

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: Dzhuraev, Kh. Sh., Anikina, N. B., Kazakova, N. M. Chemical characterization of Indigofera tinctoria L. grown under irrigation in Tadzhikistan. izvestiya akademii nauk tadzhikskoi ssr, otdelenie biologicheskikh nauk, 1986, p. 62–64. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Leaves (as part-nature) (A0EKT)
Additional extraction description:

unspecified
Substance:

cardiac glycosides (RF-00010823-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Unspecified (F598A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Cardiac glycosides

Composition #2: Dzhuraev, Kh. Sh., Anikina, N. B., Kazakova, N. M. Chemical characterization of Indigofera tinctoria L. grown under irrigation in Tadzhikistan. izvestiya akademii nauk tadzhikskoi ssr, otdelenie biologicheskikh nauk, 1986, p. 62–64. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Leaves (as part-nature) (A0EKT)
Additional extraction description:

unspecified
Substance:

coumarins (RF-00004351-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Unspecified (F598A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Coumarins

Composition #3: Felicia, F. Annie., Muthulingam, M. Phytochemical and HPTLC studies of methanolic extract of Indigofera tinctoria (Fabaceae). International Journal of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 2012, p. 1670–1674. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

Methanol
Substance:

Tannins (RF-00004337-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Phytochemical screening (F604A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

tannins

Composition #4: Felicia, F. Annie., Muthulingam, M. Phytochemical and HPTLC studies of methanolic extract of Indigofera tinctoria (Fabaceae). International Journal of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 2012, p. 1670–1674. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

Methanol
Substance:

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

Phytochemical screening (F604A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

alkaloids

Composition #5: Felicia, F. Annie., Muthulingam, M. Phytochemical and HPTLC studies of methanolic extract of Indigofera tinctoria (Fabaceae). International Journal of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 2012, p. 1670–1674. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

Methanol
Substance:

Saponins (RF-00004333-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Phytochemical screening (F604A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

saponins

Composition #6: Lee, Kuo-Hsiung., Morris-Natschke, Susan L., Brattlie, Joshua., Xie, Jingxi., Belding, Eileen. Modern drug discovery from Chinese materia medica used in traditional Chinese medicine. rsc drug discovery series, 2013, p. 81–134. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Leaves (as part-nature) (A0EKT)
Additional extraction description:

unspecified
Substance:

indole alkaloids (RF-00004503-PAR)
Additional substance description:

indirubin, indigo
Analytical method code:

Unspecified (F598A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Indirubin and indigo

Composition #7: Yadav, Rajesh Kumar., Singh, Daulat., Verma, Deepmala., Maheshwari, Raaz. Effects of rotenoids from Indigofera tinctoria (L) R. Br. on Callosobruchus chinensis and Trogoderma granarium. bulletin of environment, pharmacology and life sciences, 2013, p. 24–29. .

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Aerial part of plants (as part-nature) (A166F)
Extraction/Preparation method:

Solvent extraction (A0BZR)
Additional extraction description:

acetonitrile saturated with n-hexane (7.5 ml solvent/gdw)
Substance:

rotenoids (RF-00010809-PAR)
Additional substance description:

Tephrosin, rotenone, deguelin and derivatives, rotenol and summatrol
Analytical method code:

Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) (F016A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result type:

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

3.17
Internal remarks:

rotenoids