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Common Names
Blue Cohosh
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiporphyric | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiprogestational | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiprolactin | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproliferant | 2 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antiprostaglandin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiprostatitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipsoriac | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipyretic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiradicular | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | 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 |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatic | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiRSV | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisalmonella | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |