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Senna Pods

DEFINITION

Senna Pods are the dried ripe fruits of Senna alexandrina Mill., also known as Cassia acutifolia Delile (Alexandrian senna) or C. angustifolia Vahl (Tinnevelly senna), (Fam. Fabaceae). Senna Pods contain NLT 3.4% (Alexandrian senna) and NLT 2.2% (Tinnevelly senna) of anthraquinone glucosides, calculated as sennosides, on the dried basis.

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