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Plant Caulophyllum thalictroides (Berberidaceae)

Common Names
Blue Cohosh
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-ANAGYRINE 0 Root not available 92.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-BAPTIFOLINE 0 Root not available 77.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 2200.0 8100.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 84.0 762.0 0.10 Duke, 1992 *
ANAGYRINE 11 Root not available 120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 5.7 51.5 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root 16060.0 146000.0 2.24 Duke, 1992 *
BAPTIFOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BAPTIFOLINE 0 Root not available 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE 130 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 2.6 24.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Root 428.0 3890.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 81950.0 745000.0 -1.09 Duke, 1992 *
CAULOPHYLLINE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAULOPHYLLOSAPONIN 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAULOPHYLLUM-SAPONIN-1 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAULOPHYLLUM-SAPONIN-2 0 Root not available 260.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiRSV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *