Senna Leaf Extract

English name: Senna leaf extract. Fanxieye P.E.

Latin Name: Cassia angustifolia Vahl

CAS No.: 81-27-6

Molecular forula: C42H38O20

Molecular Weight: 862.75

Active ingredients: Sennosides A, Sennosides B

Specification: 8%

Use Part : Leaf

Appearance: Light brown fine powder

Mesh size: 80 Mesh

Test Method: UV

Description of Senna Leaf Extract

What is Senna?

Senna (from Arabic sana), the sennas, is a large genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, and the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. This diverse genus is native throughout the tropics, with a small number of species in temperate regions. The number of species is estimated to be from about 260 to 350.The type species for the genus is Senna alexandrina. About 50 species of Senna are known in cultivation

Senna includes herbs, shrubs, and trees. The leaves are pinnate with opposite paired leaflets. The inflorescences are racemes at the ends of branches or emerging from the leaf axils. The flower has five sepals and five usually yellow petals. There are ten straight stamens. The stamens may be different sizes, and some are staminodes. The fruit is a legume pod containing several seeds.

Potential Medical Uses

Sennas have for millennia played a major role in herbalism and folk medicine. Alexandrian senna (S. alexandrina) has long been traded commercially.

Senna glycosides, or sennosides, are used in modern medicine as laxatives.Senna drugs contain the dried leaves of S. alexandrina. The glycosides increase gastric fluid secretion and bowel motility, producing laxative action. Senna preparations are available in powders, granules, tablets, oral infusions, and syrups. It is also available in combination with the dietary fiber psyllium to add bulk to the bowel contents.The products are only recommended for short-term use, and chronic use and abuse of senna has been associated with organ failure.

Resveratrol was first isolated from Senna quinquangulata.

Several Senna species are used as herbal remedies in Nigeria to treat various conditions, including constipation, fungal skin infections, and hemorrhoids.

Brief medical uses

1.clear stomach and purge heat, defaecate and use diuretic of hydragogue to alleviate water retention

2.a cure for hot junction, astriction and dropsy

3.surpress dermatophytes

4.it is used in the treatment of constipation, working through a stimulation of intestinal peristalsis

5.it also helps to temporarily prevent fluid from being absorbed from the large intestine, thus contributing to softer stools.

Function of Senna Leaf Extract

1.Senna leaf extract has the function of laxation, which will facilitate water;

2.Senna leaf extract has effect on relaxating muscle;

3.Senna leaf extract is used for antibacterial, such as inhibiting staphylococcus aureus, salmonellatyphi and escherichia coli;

4.Senna leaf extract can increase platelet and fibrinogen,senna leaf extract will help stop bleeding.

Application of Senna Leaf Extract

1.Applied in food field, senna tea is widely used to treat constipation;

2.Applied in pharmaceutical field, for the treatment of acute pancreatitis, bacillary dysentery and cholecystitis.

3.Applied in health product field, added into health products to relaxing the bowels.