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

 Frangula purshiana (Rhamnaceae)

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Common name(s)
Cascara Buckthorn, Cascara Sagrada
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 1,6,8-TRIHYDROXY-3-METHYL-9-GLUCOSYL-ANTHRAQUINONE Plant -- -- -- *
0 10-HYDROXYALOIN-A Bark -- -- -- *
0 10-HYDROXYALOIN-B Bark -- -- -- *
0 11-DEOXYBARBALOIN Bark -- -- -- *
24 ALOE-EMODIN Bark -- -- -- *
24 ALOE-EMODIN Tissue Culture -- -- -- *
0 ALOE-EMODIN-8-MONO-BETA-GLUCOSIDE Bark -- -- -- *
0 ALOE-EMODIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE Bark -- -- -- *
0 ALOE-EMODIN-DIMER Bark -- 1300.0 -- *
12 ALOIN Plant -- -- -- *
5 ALUMINUM Bark 27.0 99.0 -0.42 *
0 ANTHRANOL 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.
6 ANTHRAQUINONES 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.
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Bark -- 0.0 -1.01 *
0 ASH Bark 18559.0 67000.0 -0.34 *
6 BARBALOIN Bark -- -- -- *
53 BETA-CAROTENE Bark 13.0 46.0 2.14 *
0 BICASCAROSIDE-AA Bark -- -- -- *
0 BICASCAROSIDE-AB Bark -- -- -- *
0 BICASCAROSIDE-AC Bark -- -- -- *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.