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WHO monographs on medicinal plants commonly used in the Newly Independent States (<strong>NIS</strong>)<br />

spectrophotometry (1, 4–8) and by high-performance liquid chromatography<br />

(20).<br />

Thin-layer chromatography is employed for qualitative analysis for<br />

the presence of sennosides A and B (3–5).<br />

Major chemical constituents<br />

Folium Sennae contains a family of hydroxyanthracene glycosides, the<br />

most plentiful of which are sennosides A and B. There are also small<br />

amounts of aloe-emodin and rhein 8-glucosides, mucilage, flavonoids,<br />

and naphthalene precursors (15).<br />

R1 R2 9-9'<br />

sennoside A H CO 2 H R*,R* (threo)<br />

sennoside B H CO 2 H R*,S* (erythro)<br />

sennoside C H CH 2 OH R*,R* (threo)<br />

sennoside D H CH 2 OH R*,S* (erythro)<br />

sennoside E CO-CO 2 H CO 2 H R*,R* (threo)<br />

sennoside F CO-CO 2 H CO 2 H R*,S* (erythro)<br />

Dosage forms<br />

Crude plant material, powder, oral infusion, and extracts (liquid or solid)<br />

standardized for content of sennosides A and B (15, 21, 22). Package in<br />

well-closed containers protected from light and moisture (1–8).<br />

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