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Common Names
Coffee Senna
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EO | 0 | Seed | 175.0 | 182.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 23000.0 | 39000.0 | -1.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FUNICULOSIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-SITOSTEROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUM | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HELMINTHOSPORIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | not available | 1300.0 | 5.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISLANDICIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JACEIDIN-7-RHAMNOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 7850.0 | 8164.0 | -0.85 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 1575.0 | 1638.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Seed | not available | 2880.0 | -0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | not available | 42.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MATTEUCINOL-7-RHAMNOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Seed | not available | 360000.0 | 1.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| O-ALPHA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-(1-6)-BETA-D-MANNOPYRANOSYL... | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| O-ALPHA-D-MANNOPYRANOSYL-(1-4)-O-BETA-D-MANNOPYRASONYL... | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 7675.0 | 7982.0 | -0.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXYMETHYLANTHRAQUINONE | 0 | Root | not available | 3000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Bacteristat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bird-Repellent | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Bradycardiac | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calmodulin-Antagonist | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Cancer-Preventive | 5 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 4 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
| Capillariprotective | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Carcinogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardioprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Catabolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cathartic | 5 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Choleretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Depressant | 2 | Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp. |
| Collagenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |