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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antitrypanosomic | 2 | 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. |
| Antitubercular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor | 4 | Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990. |
| Antitumor (brain) | 2 | Werbach & Murray, 1994. |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (CNS) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Lung) | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Prostate) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcerogenic | 1 | Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990. |
| AntiUTI | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivaginitic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antivertigo | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |