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Plant Aquilegia vulgaris (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names
Columbine
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
AQUILEGNINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRIC-ACID 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRONIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 269000.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
HCN 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available 64560.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
LIPASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNOFLORINE 11 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NITRILE-GLYCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available 16140.0 -0.85 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available 21520.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 206000.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed not available 5100.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-5,CIS-9,CIS-12-OCTDECATRIENOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 161000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiMS 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antineuromuscular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiseptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antitussive 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiviral 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchosedative 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cancer-Preventive 3 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Choleretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Comedolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Curaroid 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.