Senna leaf extract

Product Details

What is Senna leaf extract（Sennoside）？

Senna leaf extract is a natural compound extracted from the dried leaves of the leguminous shrub plant Senna. It belongs to the anthraquinone glycoside, which is composed of glucose, rhamnose and sennogenin, and has various biological activities. Senna is a kind of medicinal plant widely used in traditional medicine, often used to treat constipation, indigestion and other problems, and Sennoside is the main active ingredient in its diarrhea and hemostasis. Sennoside is a brown fine powder, odorless, bitter, insoluble in water, soluble in methanol, ethanol, ethyl acetate and other organic solvents, mainly through solvent extraction, water extraction, supercritical carbon dioxide extraction method and other methods. In recent years, with the deepening of the research on folium sennae extract, its medicinal value and application prospects have attracted wide attention.

Benefits

1. Treatment of constipation:

Sennoside can promote intestinal peristalsis and increase intestinal water, thus relieving constipation symptoms. Sennoside can also regulate the intestinal flora, promote the growth of beneficial bacteria, inhibit the reproduction of harmful bacteria, help improve intestinal function, clean the intestine, and help to expel excess waste and toxins in the body.

2. Anti-inflammatory effect:

Sennoside can inhibit the release of a variety of inflammatory factors and the activation of inflammatory cells, such as tumor necrosis factor, interleukin-1, interleukin-6, medium granular cells and macrophages, so as to inhibit the inflammatory response in the initial stage of inflammation, and alleviate the symptoms of inflammatory diseases, such as acute pancreatitis, gastritis, cholecystitis, etc.

3. Antibacterial effect:

The antibacterial effect of sennoside is mainly for some specific types of bacteria, and has an inhibitory effect on streptococcus pneumoniae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and so on. It inhibits the growth and reproduction of bacteria by interfering with their cell membranes and inhibiting their DNA synthesis. Sennoside also prevents the bacteria from carrying out normal gene replication and cell division, which helps to reduce the number of bacteria and thus achieve antibacterial purposes.

4. Antioxidant effect:

Sennoside can react with free radicals to clear free radicals in the body, reduce free radical damage to the body, and protect cells from oxidative stress.