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Cassia absus  L.

   

Botanical Name

:

Cassia absus L.

English Name

:

Four-leaved senna, black grain, pig’s senna, tropical sensitive-pea

Synonym(s)

:

Chamaecrista absus (L.) Irwin & Barneby

Family

:

Caesalpiniaceae

 

General Info

Description

An erect annual herb, 15 to 60 cm tall. Leaves paripinnate; rachis bearing a linear gland between leaflets. Petioles 2 to 2.5 cm long; stipules linear attenuate, 2.5 to 4 mm long, persistent. Flowers yellow or reddish yellow, borne in few flowered racemes; calyx hairy, 4 mm long, petals 6 mm long, obovate-cuneate, reddish-yellow. Fruit pod, compressed, thin, linear oblong 2.5 to 4.5 cm long. Seeds 5 to 8 per pod, dark brown.

Herb Effects

Reduces blood pressure and induces muscles to relax slightly (seed); diuretic and stimulant (seed receptacle).

Chemistry

Active Ingredients

Sitosterol-beta-D-glucoside, iso-chaksine and chaksine (seed); rhein (hydrolysis of pod)

Chemistry of Active Ingredients
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Name

CAS#

IUPAC Name

Formula

Structure

Product Categories
Chaksine 486-53-3 3,11-bis(2-amino-4,5
-dihydro-3H-imidazol
-4-yl)-7,15-dimethyl
-1,9-dioxa cyclohex
adecane-2,10-dione
C22H38N6O4 Click Here To Enlarge
Rhein Not Available 4,5-dihydroxy-9,10-d
ioxo-anthracene-2-ca
rboxylic acid
C15H8O6 Click Here To Enlarge

Pharmacology

Medicinal Use

For conjunctivitis and skin diseases (leaf and seed); found efficacious in cases of ringworm, and form one of the ingredients of aphrodisiacs (seeds).

Reference

Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.


Cheema MA. Priddle OD. Pharmacological investigations of isochaksine. an alkaloid isolated from the seeds of Cassia absus Linn. Arch Int Pharmacodyn Ther1965 Dec;158(2):307-13.

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