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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Root | 437.0 | 2080.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Root | 2163.0 | 10300.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Root | 17220.0 | 82000.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 162000.0 | 238000.0 | 0.04 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| RACEMOSIDE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| RACEMOSIN | 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. |
| RESIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Root | 0.1 | 0.7 | -0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLIC-ACID | 34 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Root | 0.7 | 3.2 | -0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Root | 0.6 | 2.7 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Root | 12.0 | 58.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| STARCH | 5 | Root | 16800.0 | 80000.0 | -0.99 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUGARS | 0 | Root | 21000.0 | 100000.0 | -0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIC-ACID | 41 | 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. |
| TANNIN | 35 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Root | not available | 58.0 | 4.57 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |