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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Rhamnus cathartica (Rhamnaceae)

Common Names
Buckthorn, European Buckthorn
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALATERNIN 2 Stem Bark 120.0 *
ANTHARACENES 0 Fruit *
ANTHRACENES 0 Bark 26500.0 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf *
CATHARTICIN 0 Fruit *
CHELIDONIC-ACID 2 Fruit *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID 6 Stem Bark 10.0 *
EMODIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Stem Bark *
EMODIN-8-O-BETA-GENTIOBIOSIDE 0 Stem Bark 35.0 *
EMODIN-8-O-BETA-PRIMVEROSIDE 0 Stem Bark 25.0 *
FRANGULAEMODIN 1 Stem Bark 360.0 *
FRANGULIN-A 0 Bark Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FRANGULIN-B 1 Bark Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Fruit *
PECTIN 24 Fruit *
PHYSCION 5 Stem Bark 180.0 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 200000.0 -0.30 Earle, F. R., Glass, C. A., Geisinger, G. C., Wolff, I. A., Jones, Q. 1960. Search for New Industrial Oils. IV. J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc. 37: 440-. Northern Regional Research Lab ARS USDA Peoria, IL, USA.
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Fruit *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Analgesic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 2 (View) *
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antialcoholic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiallergic 1 (View) *
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) *
Antiarthritic 1 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatheromic 1 (View) Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticataract 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 1 (View) *
AntiCFS 1 (View) *
Anticlimacteric 1 (View) *
Anticold 1 (View) *