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Descriptor English:   Cascara 
Descriptor Spanish:   Cáscara 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Cáscara 
Synonyms English:   Casanthranol
Cascara Sagrada
Sacred Bark  
Tree Number:   D02.455.426.559.847.117.159.205
D02.806.100.205
D04.615.117.159.205
D20.215.784.500.175
HP4.018.189.289
Definition English:   Dried aged bark of a buckthorn, Frangula purshiana (RHAMNUS), that contains the anthraquinone EMODIN and cascarosides. It is used as a laxative (CATHARTICS). 
Indexing Annotation English:   coord with RHAMNUS when appropriate; in translations use "cascara sagrada", not "sacred bark"; use in therapy: coord with PHYTOTHERAPY
Pharmacological Action:   Cathartics
 
History Note English:   91(75); was see under CATHARTICS 1975-90 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AD administration & dosage AE adverse effects
AG agonists AA analogs & derivatives
AN analysis AI antagonists & inhibitors
BI biosynthesis BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid CS chemical synthesis
CH chemistry CL classification
EC economics GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
IP isolation & purification ME metabolism
PK pharmacokinetics PD pharmacology
PH physiology PO poisoning
RE radiation effects ST standards
SD supply & distribution TU therapeutic use
TO toxicity UR urine
Record Number:   29334 
Unique Identifier:   D002362 

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