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

Common Names

Sicklepod

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	2	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihepatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihypercholesterolemic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimpotence	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.