EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Calla palustris L.

Family:: Araceae
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 109
Number of processed references:: 1

Compositions

#1: oxalic acid - plant part not reported #2: saponins in rhizome #3: alkaloids were found in the rhizome

Endpoint Studies

#1: Gastrointestinal toxicity in mice stopped eating and drinking, edematous stomach and intestine with bleeding

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: AIRAKSINEN, MM., PEURA, P., ALAFOSSISALOKANGAS, L., ANTERE, S., LUKKARINEN, J., SAIKKONEN, M., STENBACK, F. TOXICITY OF PLANT-MATERIAL USED AS EMERGENCY FOOD DURING FAMINES IN FINLAND . journal of ethnopharmacology, 1986, vol. 18, no. 3, p. 273–296. DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(86)90006-1. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Unspecified (A07XD)
Additional extraction description:

unspecified
Substance:

oxalic acid (RF-00000356-NTR)
Analytical method code:

Unspecified (F598A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

oxalic acid - plant part not reported

Composition #2: AIRAKSINEN, MM., PEURA, P., ALAFOSSISALOKANGAS, L., ANTERE, S., LUKKARINEN, J., SAIKKONEN, M., STENBACK, F. TOXICITY OF PLANT-MATERIAL USED AS EMERGENCY FOOD DURING FAMINES IN FINLAND . journal of ethnopharmacology, 1986, vol. 18, no. 3, p. 273–296. DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(86)90006-1. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Roots and other underground parts (as part-nature) (A067M)
Additional extraction description:

unspecified
Substance:

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

Unspecified (F598A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

saponins in rhizome

Composition #3: AIRAKSINEN, MM., PEURA, P., ALAFOSSISALOKANGAS, L., ANTERE, S., LUKKARINEN, J., SAIKKONEN, M., STENBACK, F. TOXICITY OF PLANT-MATERIAL USED AS EMERGENCY FOOD DURING FAMINES IN FINLAND . journal of ethnopharmacology, 1986, vol. 18, no. 3, p. 273–296. DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(86)90006-1. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

Roots and other underground parts (as part-nature) (A067M)
Additional extraction description:

unspecified
Substance:

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

Unspecified (F598A)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

alkaloids were found in the rhizome

Endpoint study #1: AIRAKSINEN, MM., PEURA, P., ALAFOSSISALOKANGAS, L., ANTERE, S., LUKKARINEN, J., SAIKKONEN, M., STENBACK, F. TOXICITY OF PLANT-MATERIAL USED AS EMERGENCY FOOD DURING FAMINES IN FINLAND . journal of ethnopharmacology, 1986, vol. 18, no. 3, p. 273–296. DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(86)90006-1. [DOI link]

Study relevance:

Human health
Plant part:

Roots and other underground parts used as staple food (as part-nature) (A0F5F)
Preparation/Extraction method:

Drying (dehydration) (A07KG)
Type of toxicological test:

short-term toxicity (CHD017TT)
Tested organism:

House mouse (as animal) (A0CNT)
Strain of test organism:

NMRI (CHD004ST)
Sex:

Male/Female
Route of exposure:

ORAL: FEED (OECD2230PL)
Exposure duration:

3.0
Unit of exposure duration:

Day (G134A)
Number of organisms dosed:

10
Control groups used:

no data
Endpoint measured:

Dose not reported (CHD066EP)
Critical effect:

Digestive (TOX18A)
Target tissue:

Digestive (TT002A)
Effect description:

stopped eating and drinking, edematous mucous membrane of stomach and intestine with bleeding
Effect or parameter linked to the endpoint:

mortality (CHD010BE)
Internal remarks:

Gastrointestinal toxicity in mice stopped eating and drinking, edematous stomach and intestine with bleeding