Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Senna alexandrina (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Alexandran senna, True Senna, Indian Senna

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALOE-EMODIN 24 Plant Tramil
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 126.0 620.0 -0.12 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 1130.0 5566.0 0.07 *
ASH 0 Leaf 20097.0 99000.0 -0.35 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 48.0 235.0 -0.11 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 5339.0 26300.0 0.54 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 124845.0 615000.0 0.03 *
CATHARTIC-ACID 0 Plant Tramil
CATHARTIN 0 Plant Tramil
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 0.6 2.7 -0.42 *
CHRYSOPHANOL 10 Plant Tramil
COBALT 2 Leaf 0.6 2.7 -0.28 *
FAT 0 Leaf 2030.0 10000.0 -0.93 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Leaf 113000.0 -0.38 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Leaf 386000.0 0.14 *
FLAVONOIDS 0 Plant Tramil
IRON 6 Leaf 17.0 84.0 -0.71 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 1577.0 7770.0 1.41 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 2.0 8.0 -0.45 *
MUCILAGE 3 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic 2 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Antiacne 5 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 2 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 3 (View) *
Antiaging 3 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 3 (View) *
Antialopecic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 3 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.