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Plant Actaea racemosa (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names
Black Cohosh, Black Snakeroot
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
12-ACETYLACTEIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
27-DEOXYACTEIN 0 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
27-DESOXYACETYLACTEOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ACTEIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACTEIN 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root not available 226.0 -0.19 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root not available 21.0 -0.63 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root not available 2.4 -0.42 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root not available 5970.0 -0.16 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root not available 813000.0 -0.22 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHROMIUM 24 Root not available 1.8 -0.20 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CIMICIFUGIN 0 Root 150000.0 200000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIMICIFUGOSIDE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIMIFUGOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CIMIGENOL-XYLOSIDE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CIMIGONITE 0 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CIMIGOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
COBALT 2 Root not available 3.8 -0.46 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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