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Plant Cimicifuga racemosa (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names
Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
12-ACETYLACTEIN 0 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.
27-DEOXYACTEIN 0 Root not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 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.
ACTEIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACTEIN 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 48.0 226.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 28.0 135.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 5.0 24.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 1254.0 5970.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 170730.0 813000.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.4 1.8 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
CIMICIFUGIN 0 Root 150000.0 200000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIMICIFUGOSIDE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIMIFUGOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CIMIGONITE 0 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CIMIGOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiinflammatory 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antileukotriene-D4 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).