Plant Chamaelirium luteum (Liliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

False Unicorn; Devil's Bit; Starwort

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
CHAMAELIRIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN	7	Root	not available	222.2	-1.41	Jim Duke's personal files.
HELONIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
OLEIC-ACID	18	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
SAPONINS	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	3 (View Chemicals list for 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anemiagenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne)	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	2 (View Chemicals list for Antialopecic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antianaphylactic)	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	2 (View Chemicals list for Antiandrogenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiarteriosclerotic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiarthritic)	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticoronary	1 (View Chemicals list for Anticoronary)	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antieczemic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antieczemic)	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antifatigue	1 (View Chemicals list for Antifatigue)	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antifibrinolytic)	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antigranular	1 (View Chemicals list for Antigranular)	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatomic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antihepatomic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antihistaminic)	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiinflammatory	3 (View Chemicals list for Antiinflammatory)	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	2 (View Chemicals list for Antileukotriene-D4)	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antimenorrhagic)	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).