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Senna tora
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 15 constituent measurements for Senna tora. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.
Accepted name in source: Senna tora (L.) Roxb.
Also recorded as
Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.
Regulatory presence
Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 36 licensed products naming Senna tora as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.
Extract types on licence
Source material stated
What the records describe
Constituents measured
- 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone derivatives2
- Chrysophanol2
- Emodin2
- Rhein2
- Alkaloids1
- Anthraquinones1
- Cardiac glycosides1
- Coumarins1
- Oxalates1
- Phlobotannins1
Plant parts
- Seed11
- Leaves4
Preparations
- Solvent extraction15
Recorded constituents
What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.
| Substance | Plant part | Preparation | Concentration | Analytical method | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone derivatives | Seed | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | Resolve DOI |
| Chrysophanol | Seed | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | Resolve DOI |
| Chrysophanol | Seed | Solvent extraction | 0.61 Milligram/gram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Coumarins | Seed | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | Resolve DOI |
| Emodin | Seed | Solvent extraction | 0.28 Milligram/gram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Rhein | Seed | Solvent extraction | 10.42 Milligram/gram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone derivatives | Seed | Solvent extraction | 468 Microgram/gram | Capillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE) | No resolvable identifier |
| Alkaloids | Leaves | Solvent extraction | — | Phytochemical screening | No resolvable identifier |
| Anthraquinones | Seed | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | No resolvable identifier |
| Cardiac glycosides | Leaves | Solvent extraction | — | Phytochemical screening | No resolvable identifier |
| Emodin | Seed | Solvent extraction | 629 Microgram/gram | Capillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE) | No resolvable identifier |
| Oxalates | Seed | Solvent extraction | 0.09 Percent | Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry | No resolvable identifier |
| Phlobotannins | Leaves | Solvent extraction | — | Phytochemical screening | No resolvable identifier |
| Rhein | Seed | Solvent extraction | 582 Microgram/gram | Capillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE) | No resolvable identifier |
| Tannins | Leaves | Solvent extraction | — | Phytochemical screening | No resolvable identifier |
Cited sources
The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.
- Wang, Ning., Wu, Yuanyuan., Wu, Xingqiang., Liang, Shuxuan., Sun, Hanwen. A novel nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis method for effective separation and simultaneous determination of aurantio-obtusin, emodin and rhein in semen cassiae and cassia seed tea. Analytical methods, 2014, p. 5133-5139.
- Kadiri, M., Bedri, BA., Ajao, SS. Toxicological screening of some Nigerian wild legumes. Revista de biologia tropical, 1996, vol. 44, no. 1, p. 269-274.
- Wu, CH., Yen, GC. Antigenotoxic properties of Cassia tea (Cassia tora L.): Mechanism of action and the influence of roasting process . Life sciences, 2004, vol. 76, no. 1, p. 85-101. DOI
- Veerachari, U., Bopaiah, A.K. Phytochemical investigation of the ethanol, methanol and ethyl acetate leaf extracts of six cassia species. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 2012, vol. 3, no. 2, p. P260-P270.
- Choi, JS., Lee, HJ., Park, KY., Ha, JO., Kang, SS. In vitro antimutagenic effects of anthraquinone aglycones and naphthopyrone glycosides from Cassia tora . Planta medica, 1997, vol. 63, no. 1, p. 11-14. DOI
- Lee, HS. Inhibitory effects of quinizarin isolated from Cassia tora seeds against human intestinal bacteria and Aflatoxin B-1 biotransformation . Journal of microbiology and biotechnology, 2003, vol. 13, no. 4, p. 529-536.
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