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

Common Names

Coffee Senna

How this plant is used

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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
OXYMETHYLANTHRAQUINONE	0	Seed	not available	2500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION-1-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION-DIANTHRONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	not available	9560.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	181000.0	249000.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHEIN	18	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	not available	45.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIC-ACID	41	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHORIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	not available	41.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *