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Common Names
Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COBALT | 2 | Root | 1.0 | 3.8 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Plant | 1000.0 | 4000.0 | -0.44 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| EO | 0 | Root | 210.0 | 4000.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Root | 3150.0 | 15000.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 326000.0 | 451000.0 | 0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Root | not available | 119000.0 | 0.69 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Root | not available | 119000.0 | 0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Root | not available | 410000.0 | 0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORMIC-ACID | 13 | 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. |
| FORMONONETIN | 16 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| IRON | 6 | Root | 8.0 | 38.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOFERULIC-ACID | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Root | not available | 3200.0 | -0.37 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | 365.0 | 1740.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | 0.3 | 1.4 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-METHYL-CYTISINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Root | 6.6 | 31.5 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | 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. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Abortifacient | 1 | 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 | Martindale's 29th |
| Acaricide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acidulant | 2 | 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 | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Amphiglycemic? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Analgesic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic? | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anemiagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 1 | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacrodynic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenovirus | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194. |