[Product Name]            Cassia Seed extract

 

[Specification]              Physcion, anthraquinones

 

[Detection method]            HPLC

 

[Botanical Name]             Cassia obtusifolia L./Cassia tora L.

 

[About Cassia Seed extract]

Cassia Seed is the dried ripe seed of Cassia obtusifolia L. or Cassia tora L.(Fam. Leguminosae).Major chemical constituents of Cassia are: anthraquinones, betulinic acid, chrysophanol, emodin, rhein, physcion, emodin glucoside, emodinanthrone, obtusin, aurantio-obtusin, rubrofusarin, norrubrofusarin, torachryson, toralactone, vitamin A, and many others.

 

[Action] 

To remove heat from the liver, to improve eyesight, and to relax bowels.

 

[Indications] 

Inflammation of the eye with pain, photophobia and lacrimination; headache, dizziness, blurred vision and constipation.