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Common Names
Blue Cohosh
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAULOPHYLLUM-SAPONIN-3 | 0 | Root | not available | 320.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAULOPHYLLUM-THALICTROIDES | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAULOPHYLLUM-THALICTROIDES-GLYCOSIDE-G | 0 | Root | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAULOSAPONIN | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAULOSAPONIN | 4 | Root | 1000.0 | 4545.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CEROTIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CEROTINIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Root | 0.1 | 1.2 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRULLOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Root | 0.4 | 3.6 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAUCOSTEROL | 5 | Root | not available | 17.0 | -0.52 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EO | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| FAT | 0 | Root | 660.0 | 6000.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Root | not available | 112000.0 | 0.53 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Root | not available | 112000.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Root | not available | 360000.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GUM | 0 | Root | 17600.0 | 160000.0 | 2.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEDERAGENIN | 9 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Root | 18.0 | 164.0 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anorexic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 7 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacrodynic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiadhesive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadrenergic | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| AntiAGE | 2 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiaggregant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaging | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 4 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Antiallergic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiamnesic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |