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
METHIONINE	15	Seed	not available	2270.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Seed	22200.0	31300.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIFOLIN	0	Seed	300.0	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	not available	13885.0	-0.86	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	8960.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	not available	6530.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION	5	Seed	40.0	1000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	9120.0	9200.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	not available	5360.0	-1.17	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	137280.0	195310.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
QUESTIN	2	Seed	200.0	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Seed	200.0	1500.0	-1.09	Duke, 1992 *
REDUCING-SUGAR	0	Seed	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	not available	7590.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	770.0	930.0	0.76	Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Seed	not available	2000.0	-1.25	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	not available	3550.0	-0.49	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