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
CHRYSALOIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID	6	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID	6	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID-9-ANTHRONE	2	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.
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID-ANTHRONE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID-DIANTHRONE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID-DIMER	0	Bark	not available	840.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID-PHYSCION-DIANTHRONE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANOL	10	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANOL-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Bark	3.2	11.6	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYBARBALOIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
EMODIN	58	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Bl	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-ANTHRONE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN-ANTHRONE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMOSIN-OXANTHRONE	0	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.

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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
Antifertility	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigargantitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigout	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.