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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Common Names

Cascara Sagrada; Cascara Buckthorn

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS	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.
THIAMIN	31	Bark	not available	0.0	-0.66	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE	0	Bark	not available	0.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Bark	1.4	5.1	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Bark	not available	723000.0	0.24	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *