This study carried out an assessment of sanitary risks connected to the consumption of Senna rotundifolia Linn. contaminated with lead and cadmium. This plant was collected and analyzed by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The results revealed a contamination of plants from markets of Dantokpa, Vossa, and Godomey with heavy metals. Senna from Vossa was higher in cadmium and lead levels (Pb: ...

of dose and duration of PEG preparations that will be useful for C olonoscopy is an important diagnostic and therapeutic procedure to evaluate the colon and terminal ileum in children. Anadequatebowelpreparationisnecessaryforcompletevisualization ofboththecolonandterminal ileum.Inadequatebowelpreparationcan lead topoorcolonicvisualization,missed lesions, increasedprocedure time, and possibly a ...

A simple and efficient method for the isolation of rhein from Cassia angustifolia (senna) leaves is described in which the hydrolysis of the sennosides and extraction of the hydrolysis products (free anthraquinones) is carried out in one step. Further isolation of rhein is achieved from the anthraquinone mixture. This method reduces the number of steps required for isolation of rhein as compare...

To reduce the increasing amount of time spent on literature search in the life sciences, several methods for automated knowledge extraction have been developed. Co-occurrence based approaches can deal with large text corpora like MEDLINE in an acceptable time but are not able to extract any specific type of semantic relation. Semantic relation extraction methods based on syntax trees, on the ot...

Senna alexandrina (Fabaceae) is a globally recognized medicinal plant for its laxative properties as well as the only source of sennosides, and is highly exported bulk herb from India. Its major procurement is exclusively from limited cultivation, which leads to risks of deliberate or unintended adulteration. The market raw materials are in powdered or finished product form, which lead to diffi...

Folium Sennae (leaves of Cassia angustifolia or senna) is a laxative and a component in diets for weight control. It contains a variety of anthranoids such as sennosides, aloe-emodin, and rhein. In order to measure the serum concentrations of senna anthranoids, Sprague-Dawley rats were orally administered with single dose and multiple doses of Folium Sennae. The concentrations of anthranoids in...

Possibly the tendency was to replace one liquid laxative with another in the belief that liquid preparations are more effective than tablets or fibre products. Thus although the use of senna tablets increased, the rise in the use of senna syrup was much greater, partly because it was given by nursing staff. Increased prescribing of lactulose may have been due to extensive promotion, the wish to...