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Plant Cimicifuga racemosa (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names
Black Cohosh, Black Snakeroot
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
12-ACETYLACTEIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
27-DEOXYACTEIN 0 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
27-DESOXYACETYLACTEOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ACTEIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACTEIN 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 48.0 226.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 28.0 135.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 5.0 24.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 1254.0 5970.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 170730.0 813000.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.4 1.8 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
CIMICIFUGIN 0 Root 150000.0 200000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIMICIFUGOSIDE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIMIFUGOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CIMIGENOL-XYLOSIDE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CIMIGONITE 0 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CIMIGOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View Chemicals list for 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 (View Chemicals list for Abortifacient) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Absorbent 1 (View Chemicals list for Absorbent) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 1 (View Chemicals list for Acaricide) Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View Chemicals list for ACE-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 2 (View Chemicals list for Acidulant) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor) Toyomizu, M., Sugiyama, S., Jin, R. L., Nakatsu, T. 1993. Alpha-Glucosidase and Aldose Reductase Inhibitors: Constituents of Cashew, Anacardium occidentale, Nut Shell Liquids. Phytotherapy Research, 7(3): 252-254.
Allergenic 4 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic) Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View Chemicals list for Amphiglycemic?) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 6 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic) Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic?) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anemiagenic) Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View Chemicals list for Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker) Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anorexic) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Anthelmintic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anthelmintic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 5 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacrodermatitic) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacrodynic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenovirus 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenovirus) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.