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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prooxidant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protisticide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Psychotropic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Sedative | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Serotoninergic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spermicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Styptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Taenicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thermogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Tineacide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 2 | Hamada, S. I., Kataoka, T., Woo, J. T., Yamada, A., Yoshida, T., Nishimura, T., Otake, N., Nagai, K. 1997. Immunosuppressive Effects by Gallic Acid and Chebulagic Acid on CTL-Mediated Cytotoxicity. Biol Pharm Bull, 20: 1017-1019. |
| Toxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |