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The dark fruit and reddish barkof the Buckthorn (Rhamnus spp.) are potentially toxic when fresh, containing purgative anthracene glycosides that act on the large intestine. Heating and/or storage changes these substances into nontoxic anthraquinones (frangulin) wich have laxative properties.