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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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antisarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 4 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antisprout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antistroke 2 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
Antisyndrome-X 3 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
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitonsilitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitrichophytotic 1 Duke, 1992 *