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Article: Study publicizes black cohosh substitution with Chinese cimicifuga.(no black cohosh in supplements, tests)(Brief article)
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- Nutraceuticals World
- Article date:
- June 1, 2006
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In late April, an article published in the Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry reported that three of 11 black cohosh supplements purchased in the U.S. and tested did not contain black cohosh (Actaea racemosa syn. Cimicifuga racemosa). Instead, the three products contained less expensive extracts of Chinese cimicifuga (specific other Actaea spp.) that do not have all the same chemical compounds or clinical uses as the native North American plant. A fourth product indicated a probable mixture of the two plants. The products tested were purchased from 2002 through 2004. The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), Silver Spring, MD, last year added these Asian ...