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DB15889ApprovedInvestigationalOrganism Based Therapies
Senna leaf is a stimulant laxative indicated in the treatment of occasional constipation. A medication used to treat constipation.
- Mechanism
- Curator reviewed
Pharmacologically active on Nitric oxide synthase
- First approval
- Canada, 1997
- Also known as
- Alexandrian senna leaf · Cassia angustifolia leaf · Cassia angustifolia leaf extract · Cassia senna leaf · Cassia senna leaf extract
- Code names
- B2056
Resolves to
Compound
Clinical / RWD
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Which other approved drugs treat the same conditions as Senna leaf, and which companies have late-stage candidates in those indications?