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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Cimicifuga racemosa (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names
Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root 2163.0 10300.0 -0.40 *
PROTEIN 0 Root 17220.0 82000.0 -0.41 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 162000.0 238000.0 0.04 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
RACEMOSIDE 1 Root 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 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 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Root 0.1 0.7 -0.74 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Plant Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SELENIUM 60 Root 0.7 3.2 -0.13 *
SILICON 4 Root 0.6 2.7 -0.33 *
SODIUM 1 Root 12.0 58.0 -0.49 *
STARCH 5 Plant Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
STARCH 5 Root 16800.0 80000.0 -0.99 *
SUGARS 0 Root 21000.0 100000.0 -0.04 *
TANNIC-ACID 41 Plant 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 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 58.0 4.57 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE 0 Root *
TIN 4 Root *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antistomatitic 2 *
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antisyncopic 1 *
Antisyndrome-X 6 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitonsilitic 1 *
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitumor 7 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (brain) 1 *
Antitumor (Breast) 2 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 *
Antitumor-Promoter 2 *
Antitympanitic 1 Merck 11th Edition