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

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
WATER	0	Root	not available	790000.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *