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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
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Seed 3300.0 7400.0 0.43 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 11913.0 26714.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed not available 3180.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed not available 24.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NOR-RUBROFUSARIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIFOLIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 13068.0 29304.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 2211.0 4958.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Sprout Seedling not available 5700.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed not available 12700.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 182000.0 360000.0 1.12 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Sprout Seedling not available 132000.0 -1.13 Duke, 1992 *
RHEIN 18 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUBROFUSARIN 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUBROFUSARIN-6-BETA-GENTIOBIOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUBROFUSARIN-GENTIOBIOSIDE 0 Seed 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
Antiprostatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiradicular 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiRaynaud's 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 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
AntiReye's 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisalmonella 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antisarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 4 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antisprout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistress 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antistroke 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
Antisyndrome-X 3 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
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.