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Plant Senna occidentalis (Fabaceae)

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
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.