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Caulophyllum Thalictroides

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Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx. (syn. Leontice thalictroides L., Leontopetalon thalictroides Hill.) belongs to the family Berberidaceae. Vernacular names include blue cohosh, pappoose root, papoose root, squaw root, blueberry (E); Löwenblatt, Frauenwurzel (G); and cohoche bleu (F). The plant part used medicinally is the root [1–5].

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  1. Drug Information Center, Royal Dutch Association for the Advancement of Pharmacy, Alexanderstraat 11, 2514 JL, The Hague, The Netherlands

    Peter A. G. M. De Smet

  2. Institut für Arzneimittel des Bundesgesundheitsamtes, Seestraße 10, 13353, Berlin, Germany

    Konstantin Keller

  3. Westpreußenstraße 71, 81927, München, Germany

    Rudolf Hänsel

  4. College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, B3H 3J5, Canada

    R. Frank Chandler

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De Smet, P.A.G.M. (1993). Caulophyllum Thalictroides. In: De Smet, P.A.G.M., Keller, K., Hänsel, R., Chandler, R.F. (eds) Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs 2. Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48906-8_11

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