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.
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
1,7-DIHYDROXY-5-METHOXYCARBONYL-3-METHYLXANTHONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4,4',5,5'-TETRAHYDROXY-2,2'-DIMETHYL-1,1'-BIANTHRAQUINONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-O-BETA-D-MANNOPYRANOSYL-D-MANNOPYRANOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-O-ALPHA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-D-MANNOPYRANOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACHROSINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALOE-EMODIN	24	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-3-SITOSTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRAQUINONES	6	Root	not available	19000.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRONES	0	Root	not available	45000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-C-GLYCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIANTHRAQUINONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	not available	7450.0	0.61	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASSIOLLIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSAROBIN	10	Seed	not available	2500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANOL	10	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANOL	10	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	not available	15.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Root	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
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	3	Muller, S. O., Eckert, I., Lutz, W. K., Stopper, H. 1996. Genotoxicity of the Laxative Drug Components Emodin, Aloe-emodin and Danthron in Mammalian Cells: Topoisomerase II Mediated? Mutat Res, 371: 165-173.
Toxic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tuberculostatic	1	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasodilator	5	Duke, 1992 *
Vasorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	1	Martindale's 28th
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.