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Plant Caulophyllum thalictroides (Berberidaceae)

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Common name(s)
Blue Cohosh
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (-)-ANAGYRINE Root -- 92.0 -- Jim Duke's personal files.
0 (-)-BAPTIFOLINE Root -- 77.0 -- Jim Duke's personal files.
0 ALKALOIDS Root 2200.0 8100.0 -0.53 *
5 ALUMINUM Root 84.0 762.0 0.10 *
11 ANAGYRINE Root -- 120.0 -- *
0 ARABINOSE Plant -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Root 5.7 51.5 -0.62 *
0 ASH Root 16060.0 146000.0 2.24 *
0 BAPTIFOLINE Root -- 200.0 -- *
0 BAPTIFOLINE Plant -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
130 BERBERINE Plant -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
53 BETA-CAROTENE Root 2.6 24.0 -0.28 *
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Root -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
28 CALCIUM Root 428.0 3890.0 -0.38 *
2 CAMPESTEROL Root -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
0 CARBOHYDRATES Root 81950.0 745000.0 -1.09 *
4 CAULOPHYLLINE Root -- -- -- *
4 CAULOPHYLLOSAPONIN Root -- -- -- *
0 CAULOPHYLLUM-SAPONIN-1 Root -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
0 CAULOPHYLLUM-SAPONIN-2 Root -- 260.0 -- Jim Duke's personal files.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.