TY - JOUR AU - Shukla, Santosh Kumar AU - Kumar, Anand AU - Terrence, Marcelle AU - Yusuf, Joshua AU - Singh, Vivek Pratap AU - Mishra, Manish PY - 2013 TI - THE PROBABLE MEDICINAL USAGE OF CASSIA TORA: AN OVERVIEW JF - OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences VL - 13 IS - 1 DO - 10.3844/ojbsci.2013.13.17 UR - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ojbsci.2013.13.17 AB - Cassia tora (C. tora) is a small shrub budding as weed in Asian and African countries. It is a known edible leafy vegetable taken up by Asians. From time immemorial, different parts of C. tora have found application in Indian and Chinese medicine. Its varying useful medicinal effects are well documented in many publications. In this review we have compiled the traditional medicinal usage of C. tora which have been confirmed by scientific studies.