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Common Names
Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 2 | Newmark, T. M. and Schulick, P. 2000. Herbal Cox-2 Inhibition - Nature's Challenge to Arthritis, Cancer & Alzheimer's Disease. Hohm Press, Prescott AZ. |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Depressant | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Dermatitigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Emollient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Estrogenic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Expectorant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 4 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |