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.
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
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
Antipodagric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferant	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	3	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antirenitic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antirheumatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiserotonin	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antispasmodic	2	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antisunburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antithyroid	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitumor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *