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Plant Senna obtusifolia (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Sicklepod
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALANINE 3 Seed not available 6500.0 -0.78 Duke, 1992 *
ALATERNIN-1-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Seed 300.0 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRAQUINONES 6 Seed 10000.0 20000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE 0 Seed not available 3280.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 850.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Seed not available 10200.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 42000.0 48100.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed not available 15000.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed not available 475.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed 1000.0 2000.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 4100.0 6590.0 0.45 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 665000.0 689000.0 0.66 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOOBTUSIN-1-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID 6 Seed 200.0 6000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID-8-METHYL-ESTER 0 Seed 20.0 400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 9.0 32.0 1.56 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidiabetic 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiabetic? 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
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 (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalopathic 6 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th