Phytochemical fingerprinting to thwart black cohosh adulteration: A 15 Actaea species analysis

Phytochemical Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 339-351

  Jiang, Bei ^a,b,e   Ma, Chunhui ^a   Motley, Timothy ^c   Kronenberg, Fredi ^b,f   Kennelly, Edward J ^a,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d 250 Bedford Park   (United States)

^e DALI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actaea racemosa; Actaea species; adulteration; black cohosh; Cimicifuga racemosa; Cimicifuga species; fingerprinting; polyphenols; safety; triterpene glycosides

Indexed keywords

ACTAEA RACEMOSA; ACTAEA SPECIES; ADULTERATION; BLACK COHOSH; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; CIMICIFUGA SPECIES; FINGERPRINTING; PHYTOCHEMICAL; POLYPHENOLS; TRITERPENE GLYCOSIDES;

SUGARS;

23 EPI 26 DEOXYACTEIN; 25 ACETYL CIMIGENOL 3 XYLOSIDE; ACTEIN; CAFFEIC ACID; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CIMICIFUGIC ACID A; CIMICIFUGIC ACID B; CIMICIFUGOSIDE H 1; CIMIFUGIN; CIMIRACEMOSIDE C; CIMIRACEMOSIDE F; FERULIC ACID; FORMONONETIN; FUKINOLIC ACID; GLYCOSIDE; ISOFERULIC ACID; ISOFLAVONOID; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; POLYPHENOL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRITERPENE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BONE METABOLISM; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OSTEOCLASTOGENESIS; OSTEOLYSIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT IDENTIFICATION;

CIMICIFUGA; CIMICIFUGA DAHURICA; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA;

EID: 79959316216     PISSN: 09580344     EISSN: 10991565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pca.1285     Document Type: Article

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