Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | セネガ |
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| Formal name | セネガ | |
| Japanese name | せねが, Senega | |
| Vernacular name | Senega | |
| Latin name | Senegae Radix (JP) | |
| English name | Senega (JP) | |
| Original plant name | Polygala senega Linn.1 or Polygala senega Linn. var. latifolia Torrey et Gray2, (Senega1 or Hirohasenega2) | |
| Family name | Polygalaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root |
| Collection information | Japan, Toyama Pref. , Toyama Prefectural Herb Garden | |
| Collection date | 1969/10/21 | |
| TMPW No. | 3282 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Common name | セネガ, Senega, Senegae Radix (JP18), Senega (JP18) | |||||
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| Original plant name | Polygala senega Linn.1 or Polygala senega Linn. var. latifolia Torrey et Gray2, (senega1 or hirohasenega2) | |||||
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| Family name | Polygalaceae | |||||
| Used part | root | |||||
| Quality for selection | Good Senegae Radix is enlarged and has a few fine roots. (TN) | |||||
| Official compendium | JP XVIII | |||||
| Clinical application | It is an antitussive, expectorant and diuretic agent. | |||||
| Medical system | Others | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Beneficial effect | It is the first-aid medicine for rattlesnake bites. | ||||
| Chemical constituent | Lipids (*C1): 脂肪油/fatty oil Monosaccharides (*C1): Polygalitol Triterpenoid saponins (*C1): Senegin II, Senegin III, Senegin IV, Presenegeninにglucoseのみが結合したサポニン / saponins in which presenegenin combine with only glucose Other aromatic derivatives (*C1): Methyl salicylate | |||||
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| Pharmacological effect | sutimulating mucosa. | |||||
| DNA sequence | U42797, L01945 | |||||
| Disease | Bronchitis | |||||
| Formulation | Senega Syrup, , | |||||
| Related drugs | Polygalae Radix | |||||
| References | JP18: The 18th edition of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia. C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 171-172. | |||||
| Remarks | There are fake products such as Polygala alba Nutta II, Polygala boykini Nuttal I, both of which are produced in North America, and P. scoparia H.B. et K, produced in Mexico. Care must be taken with Indian Senega that may include fake products such as the roots of family Aizoaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Caryophyllaceae. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2023/05/09 | |||||
