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Plant Cassia tora (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Sickle Senna
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *
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
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticonvulsant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary 2 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
AntiCrohn's 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticytomegalovirus 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidementia 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Aluminum) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Cadmium) 1 Let's Live, May 1989.
Antidote (Lead) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antieczemic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.