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Common Names
Columbine
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Select a Results View:
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Dermatitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLavor | 3 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 3 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 3 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hypotensive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Insecticide | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insectifuge | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Irritant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lubricant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Nematicide | 3 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Paralytic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |