Plant Caulophyllum thalictroides (Berberidaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Blue Cohosh

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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.

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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
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	5	Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bilirubinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	3	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	10	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	3	Martindale's 28th
Carcinogenic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Cardiodepressant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	8	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.