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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
12-ACETYLACTEIN 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.
27-DEOXYACTEIN 0 Root 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 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 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.
ACTEIN 2 Plant *
ACTEIN 2 Root *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 48.0 226.0 -0.19 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 28.0 135.0 -0.57 *
ASH 0 Root *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 5.0 24.0 -0.28 *
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Root 1254.0 5970.0 -0.16 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 170730.0 813000.0 -0.22 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.4 1.8 -0.20 *
CIMICIFUGIN 0 Root 150000.0 200000.0 *
CIMICIFUGOSIDE 0 Rhizome *
CIMIFUGOSIDE 0 Root 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 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CIMIGONITE 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CIMIGOSIDE 0 Plant Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypouricemic 1 *
Immunomodulator 6 *
Immunostimulant 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 3 *
Insectifuge 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 3 *
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 2 *
Keratitigenic 1 *
Keratolytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 3 *
Leptingenic 1 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
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
Memorigenic 1 *