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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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Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor (Forestomach)) Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor (Liver)) Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor (Skin)) Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 3 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor-Promoter) Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitympanitic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antitympanitic) Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiulcer) Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiulcerogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 (View Chemicals list for Antivaccinia) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral 3 (View Chemicals list for Antiviral) Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anxiolytic) Duke, 1992 *
Arteriodilator 1 (View Chemicals list for Arteriodilator) Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 1 (View Chemicals list for Calcium-Antagonist) Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 4 (View Chemicals list for Cancer-Preventive) Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 (View Chemicals list for Candidicide) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Carcinogenic 2 (View Chemicals list for Carcinogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac 1 (View Chemicals list for Cardiac) Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Chelator 1 (View Chemicals list for Chelator) Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 1 (View Chemicals list for Chemopreventive) Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 2 (View Chemicals list for Cholagogue) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 2 (View Chemicals list for Choleretic) Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.