Actaea racemosa

Cimicifuga, black cohosh Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) NUTT (syn. Actaea racemosa L.) Ranunculaceae MD, Japan, China (other Cimicifuga species)... 

Analyses of black cohosh products associated with liver toxicity in Canada found that several products were not black cohosh but instead a closely related species (Painter et al. 2010). An analysis of products on the American market indicated that 3 of 11 products tested contained Asian species of Actaea in place of or in addition to Actaea racemosa (Jiang et al. 2006). 

Genazzani, E., and L. Sorrentino. 1962. Vascular action of acteina Active constituent ol Actaea racemosa L. Nature 194 544-555. 

Huntley, A. 2004. The safety of black cohosh (Actaea racemosa, Cimicifuga racemosa). Expert Opin. Drug Safety 3(6) 615-623. 

Rhyu, M.R., J. Lu, D.E. Webster, et al. 2006. Black cohosh Actaea racemosa, Cimicifuga racemosa) behaves as a mixed competitive ligand and partial agonist at the human mu opiate receptor. J. Agric. Food Chem. 54(26) 9852-9857. 

Rice, S., A. Amon, and S.A. Whitehead. 2007. EthanoUc extracts of black cohosh Actaea racemosa) inhibit growth and oestra-diol synthesis from oestrone sulphate in breast cancer cells. Maturitas 56(4) 359-367. 

Actein (576) was the first cycloartane glycoside and was isolated in 1962 [3] from Actaea racemosa [Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt., Ranunculaceae]. Its structure was elucidated definitively comparatively recently [4]. 

Actaea racemosa (Ranunculaceae, black cohosh formerly Cimicifuga racemosa)... 

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