Black Cohosh - Non-Timber Forest Products
Black Cohosh - Non-Timber Forest Products
Black Cohosh - Non-Timber Forest Products
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Robbins, C. 1999. Medicine from U.S. wildlands: an assessment of native<br />
plant species harvested in the United States for medicinal use and<br />
trade and evaluation of the conservation and management implications.<br />
http://www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal/pubs/traffic.htm. [Date accessed:<br />
September 14, 2004]. [Prepared by TRAFFIC North America for the<br />
Nature Conservancy].<br />
Provides information on black cohosh harvest and conservation status. A<br />
total of 4 permits were sold for black cohosh collection from national forests<br />
in 1995, 33 in 1996, and 50 in 1997.<br />
Keywords: Conservation, harvest, permits.<br />
Robbins, C. 2001. TRAFFIC analysis of U.S. exports and consumer interest<br />
in black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa). Washington, DC: TRAFFIC<br />
North America. 1 p.<br />
Summarizes export data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal<br />
and Plant Health Inspection Service from 1999 to 2001. A total of 4245 kg<br />
of dried rhizomes were exported to Italy, France, Canada, Germany, and<br />
Switzerland. Sources of exported roots were Virginia, North Carolina, South<br />
Carolina, and Ohio.<br />
Keywords: Export.<br />
Rockwell, S.; Fajolu, O.; Liu, Y. [and others]. 2003. The herbal medicine<br />
black cohosh alters the response of breast cancer cells to some agents<br />
used in cancer therapy [Abstract]. American Association for Cancer<br />
Research. Abstract available at: http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/<br />
efofblaccoho.html. [Date accessed: September 13, 2004].<br />
Investigates the effects of black cohosh extracts on cancer cells in vitro.<br />
The black cohosh extract alone did not affect the growth of cancer cells.<br />
When combined with different anticancer drugs the results varied: black<br />
cohosh increased the efficacy of Cisplatin, but increased the toxicity of<br />
Adriamycin ® and Taxotere ® .<br />
Keywords: Cancer, clinical studies, drug interactions, toxicity.<br />
Sakurai, N.; Wu, J.H.; Sashida, Y. [and others]. 2004. Anti-AIDS agents.<br />
Part 57: Actein, an anti-HIV principle from the rhizome of Cimicifuga<br />
racemosa (black cohosh), and the anti-HIV activity of related saponins.<br />
Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 14(5): 1329-1332.<br />
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