Steinmetz:Cassia
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Cassia acutifolia
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Leguminosae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Cassia acutifolia: Egypt
- East coast of Africa
- Sudan
- Nubia
- Senegambia
- Kordofan
- Mekka (so-called Alexandrian Senna): Cassia angustifolia: India (Madura
- Trichinopoli
- Madras
- Bombay)
- so-called Tinnevelly Senna
- Part(s) Used
- Folia Sennae
- Folliculi Sennae
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- Constituent(s)
- Pod: cathartic acid
- anthrachinon
- tannin
- mucilage; leaf: cathartin
- sennapicrin
- anthrachinon
- emodin
- tannin
- sennacrol
- resin
- acids
- kaempferin
- phaeoretin
- isorhamnetin
- mucilage
- Action
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[edit] Cassia fistula
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Leguminosae (Caesalpiniaceae)
- English Names
- Purging Cassia tree
- Indian Laburnum
- Pudding pipe tree
- Natural Habitat
- Indonesia (especially Macassar)
- tropical Africa
- India; cultivated in Brazil
- West Indies
- Egypt
- Part(s) Used
- Fructus Cassiae fistulae (the pulp is the part used in pharmacy)
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- Constituent(s)
- antrachinon-derivates
- gum
- sugar
- tannin
- pectin
- citric acid
- Action
- pulp: aperient. - The smaller fruits of Cassia moschata and Cassia grandis are not much used in Europe
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