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Common Names
Sickle Senna
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALOE-EMODIN | 24 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTHRONE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 99000.0 | 0.92 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AURANTIOBTUSIN | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | not available | 11700.0 | 1.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 28100.0 | 2.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 726000.0 | 0.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAROTIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSO-OBTUSIN | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID-9-ANTHRONE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOPHANOL | 10 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOPHANOL-1-BETA-GENTIOBIOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Seed | 8.0 | 10.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EMODIN | 58 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Plant | not available | 44000.0 | -0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 33000.0 | 74000.0 | -1.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 199000.0 | 1.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | not available | 50.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-0-SOPHOROSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Leptingenic | 1 | 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 |
| Leucocytogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lubricant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Memory-Enhancer | 1 | Science News, 138: 189, 1990. |
| MMP-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MMP-7-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MMP-9-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mucogenic | 1 | Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990. |
| Mutagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Nematicide | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Nephrotoxic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |