EFSA Compendium of Botanicals

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Dioscorea composita Hemsl.

Family:: Dioscoreaceae
Approval state:: Approved
Number of articles retrieved:: 116
Number of processed references:: 2

Compositions

#1: Steroidal glycosides in plant #2: Naphthalene in leaves #3: Selinene in leaves

Endpoint Studies

Genotoxicity

Composition #1: Yang, Shunli., Liu, Xikui. Study on diosgenin from Dioscorea composita Hemsl. zhongcaoyao, 2004, vol. 35, no. 11, p. 1213–1215. .

Language:

English (en)
Substance:

steroidal glycosides (RF-00011482-PAR)
Additional substance description:

dioscin (I), dioscin (II), asperin (III), Me protodioscin (IV), protodioscin (V), Me asperoside (VI) and asperoside (VII)
Yes/No Qualitative:

Positive/Present (POS)
Result type:

Qualitative Value (Binary) (BIN)
Internal remarks:

Steroidal glycosides in plant

Composition #2: Odimegwu, Joy I., Odukoya, Olukemi., Yadav, Ritesh K., Chanotiya, C S., Ogbonnia, Steve., Sangwan, Neelam S. A new source of elemol rich essential oil and existence of multicellular oil glands in leaves of the Dioscorea species. . thescientificworldjournal, 2013, vol. 2013, p. 943598. DOI: 10.1155/2013/943598. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

hydrodistillation
Substance:

Naphthalene (RF-0801-001-PPP)
Analytical method code:

Gaschromatography (GC) (F037A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result expression:

Reconstituted product (B007A)
Result type:

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

3.71
Internal remarks:

Naphthalene in leaves

Composition #3: Odimegwu, Joy I., Odukoya, Olukemi., Yadav, Ritesh K., Chanotiya, C S., Ogbonnia, Steve., Sangwan, Neelam S. A new source of elemol rich essential oil and existence of multicellular oil glands in leaves of the Dioscorea species. . thescientificworldjournal, 2013, vol. 2013, p. 943598. DOI: 10.1155/2013/943598. [DOI link]

Language:

English (en)
Plant part:

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

Essential oil (as part-nature) (A166Q)
Additional extraction description:

hydrodistillation
Substance:

beta-selinene (RF-00011306-PAR)
Analytical method code:

Gaschromatography (GC) (F037A)
Result unit:

Percent (G138A)
Result expression:

Reconstituted product (B007A)
Result type:

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

4.32
Internal remarks:

Selinene in leaves