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Common Names
Cascara Sagrada; Cascara Buckthorn
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 10-HYDROXYALOIN-A | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 10-HYDROXYALOIN-B | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 11-DEOXYBARBALOIN | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALOE-EMODIN | 24 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALOE-EMODIN | 24 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALOE-EMODIN-8-MONO-BETA-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALOE-EMODIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALOE-EMODIN-DIMER | 0 | Bark | not available | 1300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALOIN | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Bark | 27.0 | 99.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTHRANOL | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | 0.0 | -1.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Bark | 18559.0 | 67000.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARBALOIN | 6 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Bark | 13.0 | 46.0 | 2.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BICASCAROSIDE-AA | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BICASCAROSIDE-AB | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BICASCAROSIDE-AC | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Chemopreventive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cholagogue | 1 | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| Circulotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Depressant | 2 | Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp. |
| Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Collagenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Colorant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Comedolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Copper-Antagonist | 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 |
| Cosmetic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytotoxic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Depressant | 1 | 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. |
| Detoxicant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Differentiator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |