Chemical Composition:

Leaves extact- Flavonoid glycosidesmatteucinol 7-rhamnoside,jaceidin,chysophanol,emodin,both free and glycosidesand free physcion, ,anthraquinones

Aerial parts -Three C-glycosidic flavonoids,cassiooccidentalins A,B,C,achrosin,aloe-emodin,emodin,anthraquinones,anthrones,apigenin,aurantiobutusin,campesterol,cassiollin,chryso-obtusin,chrysophanic,acid,chrysarobin,chrysophanol,chrysoeriol,essential oils,funiculosin,galactopyranosyl,helminthosporin,islandicin,kaempferol,lignoceric acid, linoleic acid,linolenic acid ,mannitol,mannopyranosyl,matteeuucinol,obtusifolin,obtusin,oleic acid,physcion,quercetin,rhamnosides,rhein,rubrofusarin,sitosterols,tannis,and xanthorin.

Seeds –Free and glycosides of chrysophanoland physcion,anthraquinones,

 Roots –Free and glycosides of rhein and aloe emodin,two new bis(tetrahydro)anthracene derivatives,occidentolol-1,occidentalol-II,chrysophanol,pinselin,questin,germichrysone,methylgermitorosone,singueanol-I,1,7-dihydroxy-3-methylxanthone

1-hydroxy-6-methoxy-3-methylanthraquinone, ethanolic extracts of the branches of C. occidentalis also contained the two flavones, cirsileneol and 5-hydroxy-7,3′,4′-trimethoxyflavone and a significant amount of the previously unreported triacetylated arabinose

Part used : Whole plant