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

Common Names

Cascara Sagrada; Cascara 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
BICASCAROSIDE-AD	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BICASCAROSIDE-BB	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BICASCAROSIDE-BC	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BICASCAROSIDE-BD	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BICASCAROSIDE-CC	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BICASCAROSIDE-CD	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BICASCAROSIDE-DD	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Bark	4100.0	14800.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Bark	224093.0	809000.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
CASANTHRANOL	1	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASCARIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASCAROSIDE-A	1	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASCAROSIDE-B	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASCAROSIDE-C	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASCAROSIDE-D	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASCAROSIDE-E	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASCAROSIDE-F	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASCAROSIDES	0	Bark	40000.0	65000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASSIAMIN-C	0	Bark	not available	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Bark	0.2	0.6	-0.52	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
Antiatherosclerotic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th