Senega


Entry
D06747            Crude     Drug                                   
Name
Senega (JP18);
Powdered senega (JP18);
Senega (TN)
Component
(Senegin II [CPD:C08978] | Senegin III [CPD:C17760] | Senegin IV [CPD:C17761]), Methyl salicylate [CPD:C12305], Fatty oil, Polygalitol
Source
Polygala senega [TAX:174549]
Remark
Therapeutic category: 5100
ATC code: R05CA06
Chemical structure group: DG01067
Product (DG01067): D06747<JP> D04326<JP>
Efficacy
Expectorant
Comment
Major component: Senegin [CPD:C08978]
Brite
Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification [BR:br08303]
 R RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
  R05 COUGH AND COLD PREPARATIONS
   R05C EXPECTORANTS, EXCL. COMBINATIONS WITH COUGH SUPPRESSANTS
    R05CA Expectorants
     R05CA06 Senega
      D06747  Senega (JP18) <JP>
Therapeutic category of drugs in Japan [BR:br08301]
 5  Crude drugs and Chinese medicine formulations
  51  Crude drugs
   510  Crude drugs
    5100  Crude drugs
     D06747  Senega (JP18); Powdered senega (JP18)
Classification of Japanese OTC drugs [BR:br08313]
 Agents for respiratory organs
  26 Antitussives and expectorants
   D06747  Senega (JP18)
Risk category of Japanese OTC drugs [BR:br08312]
 Third-class OTC drugs
  Crude drugs
   Senega
    D06747  Senega (JP18)
Crude drugs [BR:br08305]
 Dicot plants: rosids
  Polygalaceae (milkwort family)
   D06747  Senega
Drugs listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia [BR:br08311]
 Crude drugs
  D06747  Senega
  D06747  Powdered senega
Other DBs
PubChem: 47208398