Title: The Laxative Activity in Mice of the Various Parts of the Senna Plant
Abstract: Using a standardized procedure previously reported for determining the laxative activity in mice of senna, the laxative potency of various grades and finds of commercial Tinnevelly and Alexandria senna leaves and Tinnevelly senna pods have been found to be reasonably uniform, the variations in potency not exceeding 25 per cent of the mean. Tinnevelly senna was successfully grown to maturity in Chattanooga, Tenn., as well as on a larger scale in the Imperial Valley of California. The leaves and pods of such experimentally grown senna plants were found to have approximately the same potency as those from India or Egypt. The petioles were found to possess about 75 per cent of this potency while the stems and roots had only 50 per cent.
Publication Year: 1951
Publication Date: 1951-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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