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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Caulophyllum thalictroides (Berberidaceae)

Common Names
Blue Cohosh
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
(-)-ANAGYRINE 0 Root 92.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-BAPTIFOLINE 0 Root 77.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 2200.0 8100.0 -0.53 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 84.0 762.0 0.10 *
ANAGYRINE 11 Root 120.0 *
ARABINOSE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 5.7 51.5 -0.62 *
ASH 0 Root 16060.0 146000.0 2.24 *
BAPTIFOLINE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
BAPTIFOLINE 0 Root 200.0 *
BERBERINE 130 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 2.6 24.0 -0.28 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Root 428.0 3890.0 -0.38 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 81950.0 745000.0 -1.09 *
CAULOPHYLLINE 4 Root *
CAULOPHYLLOSAPONIN 4 Root *
CAULOPHYLLUM-SAPONIN-1 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CAULOPHYLLUM-SAPONIN-2 0 Root 260.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor 1 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adrenolytic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Fujita, T., Ohira, K., Miyatake, K., Nakano, Y., Nakayama, M. 1995. Inhibitory Effect of Perillosides A and C, Related Monoterpene Glucosides on Aldose Reductase and Their Structure-Activity Relationships. Chem Pharm Bull, 43(6): 920-926.
Allergenic 4 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Amebicide 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 5 *
Androgenic 1 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 *
Anesthetic 1 *
Angiogenic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 *