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Common Names
Blue Cohosh
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |