Senna glycoside

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Senna glycoside
Clinical data
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Pregnancy cat.  ?
Legal status OTC (US)
Identifiers
ATC code A06AB06
Chemical data
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Senna glycosides or sennosides are a number of anthraquinone derivatives useful as a laxative. They are dimeric glycosides named after their abundant occurrence in plants of the genus Senna.

Senna is on the World Health Organization's list of essential medicines.

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