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Plant Actaea racemosa (Ranunculaceae)

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Common name(s)
Black Cohosh, Black Snakeroot
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 12-ACETYLACTEIN Plant -- -- -- Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
0 27-DEOXYACTEIN Root -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
0 27-DESOXYACETYLACTEOL Plant -- -- -- *
16 ACETIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
2 ACTEIN Root -- -- -- *
2 ACTEIN Plant -- -- -- *
5 ALUMINUM Root -- 226.0 -0.19 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Root -- 21.0 -0.63 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
53 BETA-CAROTENE Root -- 2.4 -0.42 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
6 BUTYRIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- *
28 CALCIUM Root -- 5970.0 -0.16 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
0 CARBOHYDRATES Root -- 813000.0 -0.22 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
24 CHROMIUM Root -- 1.8 -0.20 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
0 CIMICIFUGIN Root 150000.0 200000.0 -- *
0 CIMICIFUGOSIDE Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 CIMIFUGOSIDE Root -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
0 CIMIGENOL-XYLOSIDE Rhizome -- -- -- Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
0 CIMIGONITE Root -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
0 CIMIGOSIDE Plant -- -- -- Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
2 COBALT Root -- 3.8 -0.46 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.