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
PHYSCION-8-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PHYSCION-ANTHRONE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION-ANTHRONE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Bark	1103.0	3980.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Bark	25207.0	91000.0	0.44	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	not available	250000.0	0.14	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.
PURSHIANIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUEBRACHOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESINS	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
RHAMNOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNUSTOXIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Bark	not available	0.0	-1.03	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Bark	0.3	1.1	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Bark	26.0	93.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Bark	13850.0	50000.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
SYRINGIN-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIC-ACID	41	Plant	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
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