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

Common Names

Blue Cohosh

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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
Antianemic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillus	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	5	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.