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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	2	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary	5	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	2	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticytomegalovirus	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic	4	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidermatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiscotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antidote (Aluminum)	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.