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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CAULOPHYLLUM-SAPONIN-3 0 Root 320.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
CAULOPHYLLUM-THALICTROIDES 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CAULOPHYLLUM-THALICTROIDES-GLYCOSIDE-G 0 Root 1000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
CAULOSAPONIN 4 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
CAULOSAPONIN 4 Root 1000.0 4545.0 *
CEROTIC-ACID 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CEROTINIC-ACID 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.1 1.2 -0.32 *
CITRULLOL 0 Root *
COBALT 2 Root 0.4 3.6 -0.47 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Root 17.0 -0.52 Jim Duke's personal files.
EO 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FAT 0 Root 660.0 6000.0 -0.56 *
FIBER 15 Root 112000.0 0.53 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Root 112000.0 0.02 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Root 360000.0 -0.42 *
GLUCOSE 7 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
GUM 0 Root 17600.0 160000.0 2.21 *
HEDERAGENIN 9 Root *
IRON 6 Root 18.0 164.0 -0.20 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 5 *
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Apoptotic 3 *
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 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bilirubinolytic 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 3 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
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 *
Cardiotonic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.