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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-ANAGYRINE | 0 | Root | not available | 92.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| (-)-BAPTIFOLINE | 0 | Root | not available | 77.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Root | 2200.0 | 8100.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Root | 84.0 | 762.0 | 0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANAGYRINE | 11 | Root | not available | 120.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARABINOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Root | 5.7 | 51.5 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Root | 16060.0 | 146000.0 | 2.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BAPTIFOLINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BAPTIFOLINE | 0 | Root | not available | 200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BERBERINE | 130 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Root | 2.6 | 24.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Root | 428.0 | 3890.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Root | 81950.0 | 745000.0 | -1.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAULOPHYLLINE | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAULOPHYLLOSAPONIN | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAULOPHYLLUM-SAPONIN-1 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAULOPHYLLUM-SAPONIN-2 | 0 | Root | not available | 260.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Curaroid | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytotoxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| 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 | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diagnostic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Digestive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Emetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |