(n.) A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several species furnish the senna used in medicine.
(n.) The bark of several species of Cinnamomum grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached.
Example Sentences:
(1) The traditional use of ten plants can be explained by pharmacologically active principles: Adansonia digitata, Azadirachta indica, Carica papaya, Cassia tora, Fagara leprieurii, Guiera senegalensis, Khaya senegalensis, Mangifera indica, Psidium guajava and Voacanga africana.
(2) The role of the medullary reticular formation in the Cassia tora-induced hypotension was suggested to be one which modulates the basic cardiovascular reflexes, favoring a decrease in vasomotor tone.
(3) Callus cultures were extablished from the seedlings of Cassia tora on a chemically defined medium supplemented with 2, 4-D and kinetin.
(4) The possible relation between myopathy and Cassia seed in the feed is discussed.
(5) 3,3',4,5'-Tetrahydroxystilbene (I), a constituent of Cassia garrettiana, strongly inhibited the anti-IgE-induced histamine release from human basophils in vitro at concentrations of 3 to 30 microM.
(6) The effects of a crude extract of the stem bark of Cassia abbreviata on mean arterial pressure in anaesthetized rats were investigated.
(7) The objective of the study was to test efficacy of Cassia alata Linn.
(8) Among the 78 control cases, no cholecystic stones were excreted, inspite of the Magnesium Sulfate, Folium Cassiae and fatty meals administered to many cases with constipation.
(9) Especially, Chinese cinnamon (originated from Cinnamomum cassia) contains at extremely high levels, 300-900 ppm, whereas Mn concentrations of Java and Japanese cinnamons range from 100 to 300 ppm, and those of Ceylon cinnamon ranged from 50 to 150 ppm.
(10) Three anthraquinone glycosides, gluco-obtusifolin [11], gluco-chryso-obtusin [15], and gluco-aurantioobtusin [13], were found to be platelet anti-aggregatory constituents of seeds of Cassia obtusifolia.
(11) Coffee bean seed (Cassia obtusifolia) was ground and mixed in the feed at levels of 2,5, and 10% and fed to White Leghorn hens.
(12) An antifungal principle of defatted seed power of Cassia tora Linn.
(13) In further experiments, feeder pigs fed diets containing 1%, 2%, or 4% ground cassia seeds also became intoxicated.
(14) Two aloe-emodin dianthrone diglucosides (I and II) were isolated from the leaves of Cassia angustifolia Vahl by successive column chromatography with Amberlite XAD-2, silica gel, Polyamide C-200 and Sephadex LH-20.
(15) Two new glycosides, chrysoeriol-7-O-(2"-O-beta-D-mannopyranosyl)-beta-D-allopyranos ide and rhamnetin-3-O-(2"-O-beta-D-mannopyranosyl)-beta-D-allopyranosid e, were isolated from the seeds of Cassia alata.
(16) The studies done so far have shown no toxicity as a result of consuming Cassia alata Linn.
(17) Heptachlor residues in winter crops were highest in Saia oats > Berseem clover > Haifa clover > Cassia oats > Tetila ryegrass > Schooner barley > Shaftal clover > Hunter river lucerne at the grazing stage.
(18) The analgesic activity of an extract of the leaves of Cassia alata and kaempferol 3-O-sophoroside were studied after intraperitoneal injection in mice and rats using the tail clip, tail flick, tail immersion and acetic acid-induced writhing methods and the results compared with morphine.
(19) Cassia obtusifolia and its seeds, common contaminants of agricultural commodities, are toxic to cattle and poultry.
(20) The viruses dealt with are canavalia acronecrosis, mosaico de canavalia, cassia yellow spot, cowpea green vein-banding, cowpea rugose mosaic and cowpea severe mottle.
Senna
Definition:
(n.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. acutifolia, C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine.
(n.) The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies.
Example Sentences:
(1) Stimulation of peristalsis or a decrease of intraluminal pressure has been described manometrically after intraluminal administration of laxatives including senna.
(2) The number and frequency of the side-effects reported in the senna treatment week were very much higher (p less than 0.001) than in the lactulose week.
(3) However, a fat-free diet reduced the PG production drastically in the colonic lumen both in senna-free rats and in senna-treated rats.
(4) Several contributions of this senna symposium bring complementary information of utmost interest.
(5) These results agree with recent observations on the effects of senna in rats and mice, and do not support earlier claims that myenteric neurons are killed by anthraquinone purgatives.
(6) The results suggest that neither dimethicone nor senna improves the visibility of abdominal organs in ultrasound examination.
(7) Pharmacological research on senna started at the beginning of this century.
(8) Hamilton added: “It’s a very humbling experience to equal Ayrton Senna [with three wins] who meant so much to me and still does.
(9) In order to investigate the toxic effects of long-term treatment with anthraquinone laxatives, rats were fed either chocolate alone, or chocolate adulterated with senna or danthron (1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone) for 5 months.
(10) In addition, in a high-risk group for colorectal cancer, 31 persons received PEG or senna preparation and their REP was not significantly different from that of 23 examined without these preparations.
(11) He won a Bafta for his 2011 study of the Formula One star Ayrton Senna.
(12) Satisfactory cleansing results were achieved with Bisacodyl as well as with Senna (98.3 vs. 95%).
(13) Was he referring to their general relationship or something more specific, namely the start of the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix when Senna took out Prost?
(14) The day before endoscopy either Bisacodyl or extractum Sennae was given to 120 patients.
(15) The senna was administrated as ground senna pods mixed with milk chocolate.
(16) No peristaltic response was stimulated in the rectum, either with activated senna or with rheinanthrone.
(17) Hamilton’s promise to take a page out of his idol Ayrton Senna’s book – he later described this as “a joke” but it was no such thing at the time – lent a frisson to the first corner.
(18) Oral administration of senna pod extract (7-5-90 mg kg-1) produced a dose-dependent increase in the number of soft faeces excreted by normal rats.
(19) Senna, containing only dianthrones as active substances, is still in the center of scientific research and merits this special attention.
(20) The effectiveness and acceptability of three colon cleansing regimens for colonoscopy were compared in a prospective study in 271 patients stratified as in- and out-patients and randomly assigned to either I) a diet and Senna laxative (X-prep), combined with a saline enema (n = 88); II) 41 of a polyethylene glycol electrolyte lavage solution (Golytely) (n = 90); or III) a combined regimen of Cascara-Salax laxative (PicoSalax) and 1.51 Golytely (n = 93).