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Cascara

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Definition: Dried aged bark of a buckthorn, Frangula purshiana (FRANGULA), that contains the anthraquinone EMODIN and cascarosides. It is used as a laxative (CATHARTICS).  coord with FRANGULA when appropriate; in translations use "cascara sagrada", not "sacred bark"; use in therapy: coord with PHYTOTHERAPY   
Pharmacological Action Cathartics
Examples Emodin 		Other names Casanthranol; Sacred Bark; Cascara Sagrada
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
Melos Conquer Mixture  0   *Cascara *Magnesium Sulfate Drug Combinations Nonprescription Drugs. Scand J Gastroenterol Suppl 1986(124):95
cascara, cinchona, frangula, Phenolphthalein, rheum drug combination  0   *Cascara *Cinchona *Rheum *Phenolphthalein *Frangula Drug Combinations. Ther Ggw 1980;119(4):410
cascaroside  50814-04-5   *Anthraquinones Cascara. J Pharm Pharmacol 27(suppl):91;1975; J Pharm Sci 66(9):1300;1977

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