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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
KILOCALORIES 0 Root not available 2950.0 -0.92 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
LEONTIN 0 Root not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 143.0 1300.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNOFLORINE 11 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MAGNOFLORINE 11 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 3.0 23.7 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
MANNOSE 3 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-METHYL-CYTISINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-METHYL-CYTISINE 0 Root 132.0 909.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Root 1.3 12.0 -1.11 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 1716.0 15600.0 2.12 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
POTASSIUM 14 Root 798.0 7250.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Root 11330.0 103000.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Root not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Root 1.0 7.9 0.84 Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN 0 Root not available 1000.0 -1.08 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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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
Antilymphomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimuscarinic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antimutagenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimycotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimyocarditic 1 Duke, 1992 *