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

Common Names

Coffee Senna

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
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 *

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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
Immunosuppressant	3	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinogenic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Keratolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative	4	Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leucocytogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Litholytic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
MAO-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *