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
CYSTEINE	13	Seed	not available	2440.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Seed	100.0	1800.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	52900.0	63000.0	-1.07	Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	160.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE	1	Seed	not available	4920.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Seed	not available	27060.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE	5	Seed	not available	21300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Seed	not available	6890.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
HISTAMINE	18	Seed	not available	3590.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	29.0	37.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID	4	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	not available	5960.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Seed	not available	10900.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	not available	23160.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	955.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	not available	9500.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	2820.0	3220.0	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	10.0	14.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
MANNOSE	3	Seed	not available	44280.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antiosteoarthritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiosteoporotic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	12	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipellagric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant	2	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiphenylketonuric	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiplaque	3	Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition