Sixteen alkaloids, namely homoaromoline, obaberine, O-methyl-thalicberine, oxyberberine, thalidasine, thaliglucinone, thalrugosine, obamegine, oxyacanthine, berberine, columbamine, jatrorrhizine, magnoflorine, palmatine, thalifendine and base A chloride, plus the artifact,
Ethnopharmacological relevance: Thalictrum minus L., which is widespread across Eurasia, is utilized as a folk medicine for treating dysentery, bedsore, fungal infection and lung inflammation in China, Mongolia and Iran.