Cimicifuga
MESHD031885
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.
Synonyms
- Cimicifugas
- Cimicifuga racemosa
- Cimicifuga racemosas
- racemosa, Cimicifuga
- Actaea racemosa
- Actaea racemosas
- racemosas, Actaea
- Black Cohosh
- Black Cohoshs
- Cohoshs, Black
- Cohosh, Black
- Bugbane, Black
- Black Bugbane
- Black Bugbanes
- Bugbanes, Black
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