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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Genotoxic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Gonadotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemostat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 1 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hyperglycemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunostimulant | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Immunosuppressant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| iNOS-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insulinogenic | 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 |
| Irritant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Laxative | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |