Cascara is used as a cathartic

Usual dose of Cascara sagrada fluid extract is 1ml; of aromatic fluid extract is _______; of Cascara sagrada extract is 300mg.

Frangula (Buckthorn):
Is the dried bark of Rhamnus frangula F: Rhamnaceae.
The commercial supply is from _______.

Constituents of frangula :

Frangula
: as a mild cathartic.

Aloe: Aloe is the ________ of the leaves of Aloe perri or Aloe barbadensis F: liliaceae.

There are about 50 species of Aloe known, most of which are indigenous to _______.

An important anthracene-glycoside in Aloe is barbaloin.

_______of barbaloin with an additional sugar have been isolated
from Aloe & been designated as aloinoside

Free (_______) aloe- emodin is also present as free & combined.

Uses Aloin : As a cathartic by acting on the large intestine

The extracted gel could be blended with a special lanolin base to form an ointment recommended for the treatment of sunburn, deep thermal burns & radiation burns.

If affords relief from pain & itching & tends to minimize kurtosis & ulceration,

dried rhizomes & _____ deprived from epidermis tissue of Rheum officinale F: polygonaceae

The principle constituents are glycosides of rhein anthrones. Several other anthracene compounds in their free forms or as glycosides

Uses: As cathartic & possesses astringent properties.

Senna or senna ___ consists of the dried leaflet of Cassia acutifolia known in commerce as Alexandria senna or Cassia angustifolia F: Leguminoseae (Fabaceae).

Dimeric glycosides, the aglycone of which are composed of aloe-emodin & rhein. Those are sennoside A