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Common Name(s) : American Baneberry White Baneberry Doll's-Eyes White Cohosh Baneberry

This document provides information on the plant Actaea pachypoda, including its common names, uses, and a list of chemicals and activities. It lists protoanemonin as the main chemical found in the plant, present in unspecified amounts in all parts. It also lists 22 biological activities that protoanemonin and other chemicals in the plant have been shown to possess, such as antibacterial, antifungal, sedative, and toxic properties. References are provided for most of the biological activities.

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Common Name(s) : American Baneberry White Baneberry Doll's-Eyes White Cohosh Baneberry

This document provides information on the plant Actaea pachypoda, including its common names, uses, and a list of chemicals and activities. It lists protoanemonin as the main chemical found in the plant, present in unspecified amounts in all parts. It also lists 22 biological activities that protoanemonin and other chemicals in the plant have been shown to possess, such as antibacterial, antifungal, sedative, and toxic properties. References are provided for most of the biological activities.

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List of All Chemicals

P Actaea pachypoda (Ranunculaceae)


Common name(s)
American Baneberry; White Baneberry; Doll's-Eyes; White Cohosh; Baneberry

How used
Medicinal

*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca
Raton, FL. CRC Press.

Chemical Part Low High StdDev *Reference

All parts ... PPM PPM

PROTOANEMONIN Plant -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate
Analyses

Activities (22)
Antibacterial Merck 11th Edition
Antibiotic Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd.,
Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antileukemic
Antimitotic
Antimutagenic
Antipyretic Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London.
296pp.
Antiseptic Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd.,
Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antitumor
Antiviral
Candidicide
MIC=15 ug/ml
Dermatitigenic
Fungicide
MIC=15 ug/ml
Herbicide Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in
Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Irritant
Nephritic
Pesticide
Purgative
Sedative Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London.
296pp.
Toxic Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London.
296pp.
Trichomonicide Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
2 mg/ml
Vermifuge
Vesicant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791
pp.

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