Plant Frangula alnus (Rhamnaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Buckthorn

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1,8-DIHYDRO-2-ACETYL-NAPHTHALENE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-MONOGLUCOSIDEMODIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALOE-EMODIN	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALOIN	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRAQUINONES	6	Bark	30000.0	70000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRONE	1	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRONE-GLYCOSIDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARMEPAVINE	4	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BARBALOIN	6	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN	43	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANOL	10	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DESOXYBARBALOIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-1-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-8-GLUCOSIDE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-8-O-BETA-GENTIOBIOSIDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-DIANTHRONE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
(-)-Bactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
AGEs-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Oliveira, T. T., Nagem, T. J., Miranda, L. C. G., Paula, V. F., Teixeira, M. A. 1997. Inhibitory Action on Aldose Reductase by Soybean Flavonoids. J Braz Chem Soc, 8(3): 211-213.
Allelochemic	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antialcoholic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiallergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	1	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
Antianginal	1	Duke, 1992 *