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Plant Senna obtusifolia (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Sicklepod
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
3 ALANINE Seed -- 6500.0 -0.78 *
0 ALATERNIN-1-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE Plant -- -- -- *
0 ANTHRAQUINONE Seed 300.0 1000.0 -- *
6 ANTHRAQUINONES Seed 10000.0 20000.0 -- *
0 ARABINOSE Seed -- 3280.0 -- *
0 ARACHIDIC-ACID Seed -- 850.0 -0.57 *
14 ARGININE Seed -- 10200.0 -0.61 *
0 ASH Seed 42000.0 48100.0 0.01 *
3 ASPARTIC-ACID Seed -- 15000.0 -0.67 *
1 BEHENIC-ACID Seed -- 475.0 -0.63 *
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Seed 1000.0 2000.0 0.14 *
3 CADMIUM Seed -- -- -- *
102 CAFFEIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- *
28 CALCIUM Seed 4100.0 6590.0 0.45 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Seed 665000.0 689000.0 0.66 *
77 CHLOROGENIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- *
0 CHRYSOOBTUSIN-1-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE Plant -- -- -- *
6 CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID Seed 200.0 6000.0 1.00 *
0 CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID-8-METHYL-ESTER Seed 20.0 400.0 -- *
12 COPPER Seed 9.0 32.0 1.56 *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.