Plant Actaea cimicifuga (Ranunculaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Sheng ma; Bugbane; Foetid Bugbane

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIMIFUGINE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelopathic	1	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaggregant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticariogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *