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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anticheilitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antichilblain | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticirrhotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticlimacteric | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticoeliac | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticold | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonvulsant | 2 | Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp. |
| Anticorneotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticoronary | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCrohn's | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiCTS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidandruff | 3 | A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp. |
| Antidecubitic | 4 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antideliriant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidementia | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidepressant | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidermatitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidermatotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiabetic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |