Plant Senna alexandrina (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Common Names

Alexandran senna; True Senna; Indian Senna

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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
NIACIN	39	Leaf	15.0	73.9	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	276.0	1360.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	2050.0	10100.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	56028.0	276000.0	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
RHEIN	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	7.0	35.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Leaf	0.3	1.6	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
SENNOSIDE	2	Leaf	6000.0	45000.0	not available	Tramil
SILICON	4	Leaf	2.0	10.7	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL	0	Leaf	670.0	3300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	335.0	1650.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Leaf	26390.0	130000.0	1.80	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMINE	0	Leaf	2.3	11.3	1.49	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Leaf	4.7	23.0	0.88	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	797000.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Leaf	0.4	1.9	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Trichomonicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Tuberculostatic	1	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasodilator	5	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).