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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Molluscicide | 1 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Molluscifuge | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Mucogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Mutagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mycobactericide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mydriatic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Myocardiodepressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Nematicide | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Nematistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Neuroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxytocic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxytoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |