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Plant Cassia marilandica (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Wild Senna
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2-EMODIN-HETEROSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRAQUINONES 6 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANOL 10 Leaf not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANOL-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION-BETA-HETEROSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antibacterial 1 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Antilithic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiseptic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Bird-Repellent 1 Merck 11th Edition
Calcium-Antagonist 2 Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide 1 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cathartic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Litholytic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Pesticide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Pigment 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Purgative 2 Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Toxic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.