Product Name: Senna Leaf Extract
Latin Name: Cassia angustifolia,Cassia senna,Senna alexandrina
Specification: 10:1,8%, 10%, 20% Sennosides A+B
Part used: Leaf
Test Method: HPLC
Apprearance: Brown fine powder
Senna, a shrub, can be found in India, Pakistan, South China, and other regions. Its name comes from the Arabic term "sena", and it has been utilized in Ayurvedic and Unani medicines since the 9th century. This shrub typically grows to around two feet in height. It has green stems and pods, along with yellow, scoop - shaped leaves. The leaves are arranged alternately and are even - pinnate, featuring four or five pairs of lanceolate or obovate leaflets that are brittle and greyish - green. The small yellow flowers have five spreading clawed petals. The fruit is in the form of an oblong pod, approximately 5cm in length. Medicinally, the leaves and pods (or fruit) are used.
Senna contains anthraquinones including dianthrone glycosides (1.5% to 3%), sennosides A and B (rhein dianthrones), sennosides C and D (rhein aloe-emodin heterodianthrones). Numerous minor sennosides have been identified, and all appear to contribute to the laxative effect. The plant also contains free anthroquinones in small amounts including rhein, aloe-emodin, chrysophanol and their glycosides. Senna pods also contain the same rhein dianthrone glycosides as the leaves.
The Function of Senna Leaf Extract
1. Cathartic effect: senna infusion contains anthraquinone derivatives, its cathartic effect and irritation more than other laxatives.
2. Antibacterial inhibition: senna extract alcohol resistant variety of bacteria such as staphylococcus, diphtheria bacillus, typhoid bacillus, paratyphoid bacillus, and escherichia coli, the water extract useful only for Salmonella typhi.
3. Hemostasis: senna powder can increase platelet and fibrinogen, reduced clotting time, recalcification time, prothrombin time and blood clot contraction time, help to stop the bleeding
4. Muscle relaxation: senna can block acetylcholine at the motor nerve terminals and skeletal joints, so that muscle relaxation.
The Application of Senna Leaf Extract
1. Applied in food field,it is added into kinds of beverage,liquor and foods as functional food additive.
2. Applied in health product field,it is widely added into various kinds of health products to prevent chronic diseases or relief symptom of climacteric syndrome.
3. Applied in cosmetics field,it is widely added into the cosmetics with the function of delaying aging and compacting skin,thus make skin much smooth and delicate.
4. Owning estrogenic effect and reliefing symptom of climacteric syndrome.
5.It also helps to temporaroly prevent fluid from being absorbed from the larg intestine,thus contributing to softer stools.
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