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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |