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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Frangula purshiana (Rhamnaceae)

Common Names
Cascara Sagrada, Cascara Buckthorn
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,6,8-TRIHYDROXY-3-METHYL-9-GLUCOSYL-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Plant *
10-HYDROXYALOIN-A 0 Bark *
10-HYDROXYALOIN-B 0 Bark *
11-DEOXYBARBALOIN 0 Bark *
ALOE-EMODIN 24 Bark *
ALOE-EMODIN 24 Tissue Culture *
ALOE-EMODIN-8-MONO-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bark *
ALOE-EMODIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bark *
ALOE-EMODIN-DIMER 0 Bark 1300.0 *
ALOIN 12 Plant *
ALUMINUM 5 Bark 27.0 99.0 -0.42 *
ANTHRANOL 0 Bark Mary, N. Y., Christensen, B. V., Beal, J. L. 1956. A Paper Chromatographic Study of Aloe, Aloin and Cascara sagrada. J. Amer. Pharm. Ass. Sci. Ed., 45: 229-232.
ANTHRAQUINONES 6 Bark 60000.0 100000.0 1.00 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Bark 0.0 -1.01 *
ASH 0 Bark 18559.0 67000.0 -0.34 *
BARBALOIN 6 Bark *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Bark 13.0 46.0 2.14 *
BICASCAROSIDE-AA 0 Bark *
BICASCAROSIDE-AB 0 Bark *
BICASCAROSIDE-AC 0 Bark *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
AGEs-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) Sawada, H., Hamatake, M., Hara, A., Nakagawa, M., Nakayama, T. 1989. Inhibition of Human Placenta Aldose Reductase by Tannic Acid. Chem Pharm Bull, 37(6): 1662-1664.
Allelopathic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 4 (View) *
Allergenic? 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacne 6 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 2 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 4 (View) *
Antiaging 3 (View) *