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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Root | not available | 2950.0 | -0.92 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| LEONTIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | 143.0 | 1300.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNOFLORINE | 11 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MAGNOFLORINE | 11 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | 3.0 | 23.7 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNOSE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-METHYL-CYTISINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| N-METHYL-CYTISINE | 0 | Root | 132.0 | 909.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Root | 1.3 | 12.0 | -1.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Root | 1716.0 | 15600.0 | 2.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | 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. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Root | 798.0 | 7250.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Root | 11330.0 | 103000.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RESIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Root | 1.0 | 7.9 | 0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPONIN | 0 | Root | not available | 1000.0 | -1.08 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| 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 |