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MeSH Heading: Cimicifuga
Tree Number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.836.750.182
Unique ID: D031885
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D031885
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Actaea racemosa; Black Cohosh; Bugbane, Black; Cimicifuga racemosa; Cohosh, Black
Related Numbers: txid64040
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/02
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0398964
Terms: Cimicifuga racemosa Preferred Term
Term UI T462491
Date09/19/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); Actaea racemosa
Term UI T462492
Date09/19/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); Black Cohosh
Term UI T462493
Date09/19/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); Cohosh, Black
Term UI T462494
Date09/19/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); Bugbane, Black
Term UI T462495
Date09/19/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003)

Cimicifuga MeSH Descriptor Data 2025