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Plant Cimicifuga dahurica (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names
Sheng Ma
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
12-HYDROXYCIMIGENOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
12-HYDROXYCIMIGENOL-XYLOSIDE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-O-ACETYLISODAHURINOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-(3'-METHYL-2'-BUTENYLIDEN)-2-INDOLINONE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Rhizome not available 9750.0 0.61 Duke, 1992 *
CIMIGENOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIMIGENOL-XYLOSIDE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Rhizome not available 8.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
DAHURINOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Rhizome not available 680.0 0.97 Duke, 1992 *
ISODAHURINOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOFERULIC-ACID 4 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Rhizome not available 1450.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Rhizome not available 74.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
NORVISNAGIN 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL-CARBOXYLIC-ACID 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Rhizome not available 18600.0 0.63 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Rhizome not available 85.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Beta-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 2 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 2 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardioprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.