Black Cohosh - Non-Timber Forest Products
Black Cohosh - Non-Timber Forest Products
Black Cohosh - Non-Timber Forest Products
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Keywords: Medicinal uses, patents.<br />
Foldes, J. 1959. The actions of an extract of Cimicifuga racemosa. Ärztliche<br />
Forschung. 13(12): 623-624.<br />
Summarizes a series of experiments assessing the estrogenic effects of<br />
black cohosh root (alcoholic extract Remifemin ® ). Various experiments<br />
on ovariectomized rats showed estrogenic effects that included a dosedependent<br />
induction of estrus within three days of treatment and increased<br />
uterus weight in four days of treatment. However, one experiment showed<br />
a lack of estrogenic effect with no histological changes in the ovaries of<br />
rats after two weeks of treatment. Other research on the effects of black<br />
cohosh on rats found no suppression of thyroid function, changes in<br />
thyroid hormone mobilization, or sedative effect. A later experiment on<br />
the sedative effects of black cohosh proved positive in 31 out of 41 pre-<br />
and perimenopausal women. Three of the 41 women experienced gastric<br />
symptoms as a result of the black cohosh treatment, but no other side effects<br />
were observed. The author concluded that black cohosh was beneficial for<br />
treating symptoms of pre- and perimenopause, with a sedative effect and a<br />
hormone-like action.<br />
Keywords: Chemical constituents, physiological actions, Remifemin ® ,<br />
research reviews, side effects.<br />
Ford, P. 2000. Pilot inventory study of the medicinal herb black cohosh<br />
(Actaea racemosa L.) in a mesophytic forest type of Southern<br />
Appalachian. Plant Conservation Alliance Medicinal Plant Working<br />
Group. http://www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal/pubs/pilotbcohosh.htm.<br />
[Date accessed: September 13, 2004].<br />
Provides an overview of a monitoring study done by the Medicinal Plant<br />
Working Group in cooperation with the <strong>Forest</strong> Service, U.S. Fish and<br />
Wildlife Service, and Garden Club of America. The objectives of this<br />
study were to track changes in a population of black cohosh and determine<br />
regenerations rates after harvest. This summary describes data collection in<br />
the first year of this ongoing study.<br />
Keywords: Conservation, harvest, monitoring.<br />
Freudenstein, J.; Bodinet, C. 1999. Influence of an isopropanolic aqueous<br />
extract of Cimicifugae racemosae rhizoma on the proliferation of MCF–7<br />
cells. In: Abstracts of 23 rd International LOF-Symposium on Phyto–<br />
oestrogens. Belgium: University of Gent: 1.<br />
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