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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticoronary	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antieczemic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antifatigue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiinflammatory	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).