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Senna Leaves 470 mg

by NOW · capsule · 100 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 04752 6
  • DSLD label 245011
  • Serving 1 veg capsule

Senna Leaves 470 mg by NOW lists one ingredient: 470 mg of organic senna per serving of 1 veg capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on April 22, 2021.

What is in Senna Leaves 470 mg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 veg capsule. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).

Senna Leaves 470 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 245011, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
organic Senna470 mgAlexandrian senna in Senna Leaves 470 mg against 197 products470 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 125 mg to 720 mg, the median 285 mg.470 mg

Higher than 64% of 197 products listing alexandrian senna (median 285 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,880 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 245011 (entered April 22, 2021), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.

The NIH database records 3 to 4 servings a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.

The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.

Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.

Which products have the closest formulas?

6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.

Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.

What does the label say about taking it?

Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.

Directions
Suggested usage: Take 1 capsule 3 to 4 times daily as needed.
Warnings
Notice: This product contains senna. Read and follow directions carefully. Do not use if you have or develop diarrhea, loose stools, or abdominal pain because senna may worsen these conditions and be harmful to your health.
Consult your physician if you have frequent diarrhea or if you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Caution: For adults only. Do not exceed recommended dose.
Keep out of reach of children.
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that process other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non-GMO
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 245011.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Stearic Acid, Silicon Dioxide.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Triangle K (Kosher); GMP Quality Assured.

How many labels does Senna Leaves 470 mg have?

4 labels are on file under this name since October 1, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 245011 (current) Entered April 22, 2021 · on the market · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04752 6
  2. Label 78089 Entered January 25, 2018 · off the market September 22, 2023 · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04752 6
  3. Label 43003 Entered March 25, 2015 · off the market June 23, 2017 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04752 6
  4. Label 13834 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market February 16, 2015 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04752 6

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names NOW Foods (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

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