“…Cassia alata leaves are also reported to possess anti-inflammatory, antimutagenic, analgesic and antimicrobial properties (Khan et al, 2001;Villasenor et al, 2002;Somchit et al, 2003). Further Cassia alata extract showed anti-cryptococcus activity when used in combination with Ocimum sanctum extract (Ranganathan and Balajee, 2000). Chemical constituents of Cassia alata includes phenolics (chrysaphanol, emodin, rhein, aloe-emodin, kaempferol and their glycosides), fatty acids (palmitic, oleic, linoleic acids), terpenoids (-sitosterol, stigmasterol, campesterol) and anthraquinones (alatonal, alatinone) (Khare, 2007;Liu et al, 2009).…”