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Senna vs Cathartine - What's the difference?

senna | cathartine |

As a proper noun senna

is .

As a noun cathartine is

a hypothetical substance formerly imagined to cause the bitterness and purgativeness of the dried leaves or pods of senna plants.

senna

English

Noun

  • (countable) Any of several plants of the tribe Cassieae, especially those of the genera Cassia'' and ''Senna , whose leaves and pods are used as a purgative and laxative.
  • (uncountable) The dried leaves or pods of these plants (especially of ) used medicinally.

    • Derived terms

    * * bladder senna * ----

    cathartine

    English

    Noun

  • A hypothetical substance formerly imagined to cause the bitterness and purgativeness of the dried leaves or pods of senna plants.
  • * {{quote-journal, year=1822, title=The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Volume 7
    • citation , passage=The sulphate of potash insoluble in this fluid, being separated by the filter; the excess of sulphuric acid was precipitated by acetate of lead; then, by decomposing this latter salt, by sulphuretted hydrogen, and again filtering and evaporating to dryness, the Cathartine, or purgative principle of senna, was obtained.}}
  • * {{quote-journal, year=1850, title=The Chemical Gazette, Volume 8
    • citation , passage=In this state this residue has all the properties ascribed to cathartine; but it is easy to be convinced, from the colour and the avidity with which it attracts moisture, that the substance is not pure.}}

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