"Frangula" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A plant genus of the family RHAMNACEAE. This genus is often called buckthorn but should not be confused with other plants called that such as HIPPOPHAE or KARWINSKIA. Some RHAMNUS species have been reclassified into this genus. F. purshiana bark is cascara sagrada (CASCARA). Members contain emodine, frangulanin, frangulin, and anthraquinones such as EMODIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D031955
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.100.840.316
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| Concept/Terms |
Frangula purshiana- Frangula purshiana
- Frangula purshianas
- purshiana, Frangula
- purshianas, Frangula
- Rhammus purshiana
- Rhammus purshianas
- purshiana, Rhammus
- purshianas, Rhammus
Frangula alnus- Frangula alnus
- alnus, Frangula
- Rhammus frangula
- Rhammus frangulas
- frangula, Rhammus
- frangulas, Rhammus
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