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Common Names
Cascara Sagrada; Cascara Buckthorn
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,6,8-TRIHYDROXY-3-METHYL-9-GLUCOSYL-ANTHRAQUINONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 10-HYDROXYALOIN-A | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 10-HYDROXYALOIN-B | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 11-DEOXYBARBALOIN | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALOE-EMODIN | 24 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALOE-EMODIN | 24 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALOE-EMODIN-8-MONO-BETA-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALOE-EMODIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALOE-EMODIN-DIMER | 0 | Bark | not available | 1300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALOIN | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Bark | 27.0 | 99.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTHRANOL | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Mary, N. Y., Christensen, B. V., Beal, J. L. 1956. A Paper Chromatographic Study of Aloe, Aloin and Cascara sagrada. J. Amer. Pharm. Ass. Sci. Ed., 45: 229-232. |
| ANTHRAQUINONES | 6 | Bark | 60000.0 | 100000.0 | 1.00 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Bark | not available | 0.0 | -1.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Bark | 18559.0 | 67000.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARBALOIN | 6 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Bark | 13.0 | 46.0 | 2.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BICASCAROSIDE-AA | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BICASCAROSIDE-AB | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BICASCAROSIDE-AC | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimigraine | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMRSA | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMS | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimyalgic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineoplastic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephritic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuralgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antineurotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| AntiNF-kB | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinyctalopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |