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Leaf and dried fruit used in occasional constipation as a stimulant laxative. Laxative effect of senna is due to the sennosides, specifically, due to their active metabolite in the colon, rheinanthrone. The effect is primarily caused by the influence on the motility of the colon by inhibiting stationary and stimulating propulsive contractions.

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