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

 Rhamnus cathartica (Rhamnaceae)

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Common name(s)
Buckthorn, European Buckthorn
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
2 ALATERNIN Stem Bark -- 120.0 -- *
0 ANTHARACENES Fruit -- -- -- *
0 ANTHRACENES Bark -- 26500.0 -- *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Leaf -- -- -- *
0 CATHARTICIN Fruit -- -- -- *
2 CHELIDONIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
6 CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID Stem Bark -- 10.0 -- *
0 EMODIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE Stem Bark -- -- -- *
0 EMODIN-8-O-BETA-GENTIOBIOSIDE Stem Bark -- 35.0 -- *
0 EMODIN-8-O-BETA-PRIMVEROSIDE Stem Bark -- 25.0 -- *
1 FRANGULAEMODIN Stem Bark -- 360.0 -- *
0 FRANGULIN-A Bark -- -- -- Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
1 FRANGULIN-B Bark -- -- -- Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
8 FRUCTOSE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-RHAMNOSIDE Fruit -- -- -- *
24 PECTIN Fruit -- -- -- *
5 PHYSCION Stem Bark -- 180.0 -- *
0 PROTEIN Seed -- 200000.0 -0.30 Earle, F. R., Glass, C. A., Geisinger, G. C., Wolff, I. A., Jones, Q. 1960. Search for New Industrial Oils. IV. J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc. 37: 440-. Northern Regional Research Lab ARS USDA Peoria, IL, USA.
0 QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-RHAMNOSIDE Fruit -- -- -- *
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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.