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
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *