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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antidandruff | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidecubitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidementia | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidepressant | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidermatitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antidermatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiabetic | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidiarrheic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiscotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antidote (Aluminum) | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Cadmium) | 1 | Let's Live, May 1989. |
| Antidote (Lead) | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidysenteric | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antidysgeuzic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidyskinetic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysmenorrheic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antieczemic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiedemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antielastase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |