Herb in Thai notifiable formulas

Senna Alata Leaf

ชุมเห็ดเทศ · Chumhet Thet

Senna alata (L.) Roxb.

Family: Leguminosae
Part used: leaf
Crude drug: Sennae Alatae Folium
Other names: Ringworm Senna Leaf
In the announcement: Used in 1 notifiable formula (1 as capsules)

Senna Alata Leaf, dried leaflets — Photo: Judgefloro · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · resized

Thai Herbal Pharmacopoeia (THP)

Constituents and quality criteria of Senna Alata Leaf

Summarised from the Senna Alata Leaf monograph of the Thai Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Department of Medical Sciences, the standard used to test the dried leaflets.

Marker with a minimum content set by the pharmacopoeiaHydroxyanthracene derivatives, calculated as rhein-8-glucoside

CriterionNot less than 1.0% w/w

Constituents

Senna Alata Leaf contains anthraquinone aglycones (e.g., rhein, emodin, aloe-emodin, chrysophanol, and isochrysophanol), glycosides of rhein, of aloe-emodin and of physcione. It also contains kaempferol, β -sitosterol, sennosides A, B, C, and D, etc.

Raw material quality criteria

Foreign matter	Not more than 2.0% w/w
Loss on drying	Not more than 11.0% w/w
Total ash	Not more than 9.0% w/w
Ethanol (50 per cent)-soluble extractive	Not less than 21.0% w/w
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 1.0% w/w
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 18.0% w/w

Storage: Senna Alata Leaf shall be kept in well-closed containers, protected from light, and stored in a dry place.

Source: Thai Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Department of Medical Sciences (online edition, accessed 21 October 2026)Read the full THP monograph

Formulas using Senna Alata Leaf

1 formula containing Senna Alata Leaf

Select a formula to see its ingredients and indications. Formula names and indications are a reference translation; the Thai announcement is the legal text.

Ya Chum Het Thet Candle bush (single-herb)Relieves constipationHerbal-derived medicine
Capsule · Herbal tea · single herb

Development potential

Develop Senna Alata Leaf into a product with the TIBD group

In notifiable formulas1 formula1 as a single-herb formula

THP raw-material criteria6 testsfor acceptance testing before production

Marker with a minimum contentNot less than 1.0% w/wHydroxyanthracene derivatives, calculated as rhein-8-glucoside

Three ways forward 1Notify a listed formula2Adapt it through detailed notification3Develop a Category B herbal medicine or Category C health productSee the development pathway

K-API · manufacturing in the group

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