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Plant Actaea pachypoda (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names
American Baneberry; Doll's-Eyes; White Baneberry; White Cohosh; Baneberry
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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PROTOANEMONIN 22 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses

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Antibacterial 1 (View Chemicals list for Antibacterial) Merck 11th Edition
Antibiotic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antibiotic) 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.
Antileukemic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antileukemic) Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antimitotic) Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antimutagenic) Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antipyretic) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiseptic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiseptic) 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.
Antitumor 1 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor) Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiviral) Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide 1 (View Chemicals list for Candidicide) Duke, 1992 *
Dermatitigenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Dermatitigenic) Duke, 1992 *
Fungicide 1 (View Chemicals list for Fungicide) Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 1 (View Chemicals list for Herbicide) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Irritant 1 (View Chemicals list for Irritant) Duke, 1992 *
Nephritic 1 (View Chemicals list for Nephritic) Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 1 (View Chemicals list for Pesticide) Duke, 1992 *
Purgative 1 (View Chemicals list for Purgative) Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 1 (View Chemicals list for Sedative) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Toxic 1 (View Chemicals list for Toxic) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Trichomonicide 1 (View Chemicals list for Trichomonicide) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.