Cassia occidentalis

Another Cassia seed gum which has been modified is Cassia occidentalis (CO) Linn. Kasondi is a common herbaceous annual weed that grows throughout India up to an altitude of 1500 m (101). Every part of the plant is used in different applications in the Indian Ayurvedic system of medicine. The pods are 10-13 cm long and up to 0.8 cm in diameter and contain dark olive green seeds. The C. occidentalis seeds are a rich source of galactomannan (w 30% endosperm) [102]. The structure of the backbone of the seed polysaccharide has (3(1— 4) linked D-mannopyranose with random distribution of a(l— 6) linked D-galactopyranose units as side chain (M/G 3.1) (103-105). C. occidentalis seed gum has potential use because of its wide availability. The modification of the C. occidentalis gum chemically via carbamoylethylation under a variety of conditions has been attempted in order to improve its solubility. 

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Krishnayya, N.S.R. and S.J. Bedi. 1986. Effect of automobile lead pollution in Cassia tora L. and Cassia occidentalis L. Environ. Pollut. 40A 2 1-226. 

Trihydroxy-7,8,4 -trimethoxyflavone 5-Glucosyl(l 2)galactoside Cassia occidentalis whole plant Leguminosae 451... 

Purwar, C. et al.. New flavonoid glycosides from Cassia occidentalis, Indian J. Chem., 42B, 434, 2003. 

Hatano, T. et al., C-glycosidic flavonoids from Cassia occidentalis, Phytochemistry, 52, 1379, 1999. 

Cassia occidentalis L. C. torosa Cav. Wang Jiang Nan (Coffee senna, sicklepod) (seed, root) Anthraquinones, torosachrysone, n-methylmorpholine, apigenin, galactomannan, cassiollin, xanthorin, dianthronic heteroside, helminthosporin.4-33 496 Mild purgative, lower blood pressure, antioxidative, antiasthmatic, antitoxic, antimalarial, antibacterial, anthraquinones and hepatoprotective activities. 

Cassia occidentalis, C. torosa, Clinopodium chinense, C. polycephalum, C. gracile, C. umbrosum,... 

The seedlings of Cassia occidentalis raised from the seeds collected from the plants growing in the campus of Sri Venkateswara College were inoculated both in the pots and the beds in an effort to undertake the field trials. 

Figure 2. Cassia occidentalis in micorrhizal inoculated and control conditions.

Cassia occidentalis L. Buputa Whitlow, Conjunctivitis, headache, migraina (L) Leaves paste juice of leaves leaves on the head. 

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