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 |
---|---|---|
Antilymphomic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimaculitic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimalarial | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimastalgic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Antimastitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Antimeasles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antimelanomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
AntiMeniere's | 1 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
Antimenopausal | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimenorrhagic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Antimetastatic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimigraine | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
Antimitotic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
AntiMS | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
Antimuscarinic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
Antimutagenic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
Antimyalgic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antimycotic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
Antimyocarditic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |