RHAMNUS PURSHIANUS DC. (Rhamnaceae) "Cascara Sagrada" 1,6,8-TRIHYDROXY-3-METHYL-9-GLUCOSYL-ANTHRAQUINONE Plant ALOE-EMODIN Bark ALOE-EMODIN-8-MONO-BETA-GLUCOSIDE Bark ALOIN Plant ALUMINUM Bark 99 ppm ANTHRAQUINONES Bark 60,000 - 100,000 ppm ASCORBIC-ACID Bark ASH Bark 67,000 ppm BARBALOIN Bark BETA-CAROTENE Bark 45 ppm CALCIUM Bark 14,800 ppm CARBOHYDRATES Bark 809,000 ppm CASANTHRANOL Bark CASCARIN Plant CASCAROSIDES Bark 40,000 - 65,000 ppm CHROMIUM Bark 6 ppm CHRYSALOIN Bark CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID Plant CHRYSOPHANOL Bark COBALT Bark 116 ppm DEOXYBARBALOIN Bark FAT Bark 20,000 - 32,000 ppm FIBER Bark 310,000 ppm FRANGULIN Bark IRON Bark 230 ppm ISOEMODIN Plant KILOCALORIES Bark 2,370 /kg LINOLEIC-ACID Plant MAGNESIUM Bark 1,590 ppm MALIC-ACID Plant MANGANESE Bark 14 ppm MYRISTIC-ACID Plant NIACIN Bark OXANTHRONE Plant PALMIDINS Bark PHOSPHORUS Bark 570 ppm POTASSIUM Bark 3,980 ppm PROTEIN Bark 91,000 ppm PURSHIANIN Plant QUEBRACHOL Plant RESIN Plant RHAMNOL Plant RHAMNUSTOXIN Plant RIBOFLAVIN Bark SELENIUM Bark SILICON Bark SODIUM Bark 93 ppm SYRINGIN-ACID Plant TANNIC-ACID Plant TANNIN Plant THIAMIN Bark TIN Bark 5.1 ppm WATER Bark 723,000 ppm ZINC Bark --------------------------------------------------- ppm = parts per million tr = trace