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Plant Actaea cimicifuga (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names
Sheng ma, Bugbane, Foetid Bugbane
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Sort descending 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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Antipodagric 1 (View Chemicals list for Antipodagric) Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferant 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiproliferant) 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 (View Chemicals list for Antiprostaglandin) Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 1 (View Chemicals list for Antipsoriac) Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antipyretic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 3 (View Chemicals list for Antiradicular) 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 (View Chemicals list for Antirenitic) 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 (View Chemicals list for Antirheumatic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiseborrheic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antiseptic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiserotonin 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiserotonin) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antispasmodic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antispasmodic) Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antistaphylococcic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antistaphylococcic) Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antistomatitic) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antisunburn 1 (View Chemicals list for Antisunburn) Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin 1 (View Chemicals list for Antithiamin) Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antithrombic) Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antithyroid 1 (View Chemicals list for Antithyroid) Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitumor 4 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor) Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor (Colon)) Duke, 1992 *