"Cimicifuga" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A plant genus of the family RANUNCULACEAE that contains triterpenoid saponins. Remifemin from C. racemosa is used to suppress LUTEINIZING HORMONE. It is reclassified by some to ACTAEA. The common name of black snakeroot is also used with ASARUM and SANICULA.
| Descriptor ID |
D031885
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.838.182
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| Concept/Terms |
Cimicifuga racemosa- Cimicifuga racemosa
- Cimicifuga racemosas
- racemosa, Cimicifuga
- Bugbane, Black
- Black Bugbane
- Black Bugbanes
- Bugbanes, Black
- Cohosh, Black
- Actaea racemosa
- Actaea racemosas
- racemosas, Actaea
- Black Cohosh
- Black Cohoshs
- Cohoshs, Black
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cimicifuga" by people in Profiles.
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Burdette JE, Liu J, Chen SN, Fabricant DS, Piersen CE, Barker EL, Pezzuto JM, Mesecar A, Van Breemen RB, Farnsworth NR, Bolton JL. Black cohosh acts as a mixed competitive ligand and partial agonist of the serotonin receptor. J Agric Food Chem. 2003 Sep 10; 51(19):5661-70.
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Seibel MM. Treating hot flushes without hormone replacement therapy. J Fam Pract. 2003 Apr; 52(4):291-6.
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Burdette JE, Chen SN, Lu ZZ, Xu H, White BE, Fabricant DS, Liu J, Fong HH, Farnsworth NR, Constantinou AI, Van Breemen RB, Pezzuto JM, Bolton JL. Black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa L.) protects against menadione-induced DNA damage through scavenging of reactive oxygen species: bioassay-directed isolation and characterization of active principles. J Agric Food Chem. 2002 Nov 20; 50(24):7022-8.