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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antihangover | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatomic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihypoglycemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiichythyotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiimpotence | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinfective | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |