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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 3 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glaucomagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemostat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatoprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 1 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hyperglycemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypertensive | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 14 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypolipidemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 6 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |