Cassia Tora is an annual under-shrub that grows wild in the wasteland of tropical countries. Most of the traditional practitioners who depend on the herbal folk medicine have a deep faith in the medicinal properties of this plant. The seeds of this plant are a reservoir of potentially useful chemical compounds. Some of the anthraquinones and phenolic glycosides, isolated from the seeds have shown pharmacological actions like anti-oxidant activity and anti-microbial effects.
