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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D031885
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D031885
Preferred Name

Cimicifuga

Definitions
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
Bugbane, Black
Black Bugbane
Cimicifuga racemosas
Black Cohosh
Black Cohoshs
Cohosh, Black
Cohoshs, Black
Cimicifugas
racemosa, Cimicifuga
racemosas, Actaea
Bugbanes, Black
Actaea racemosa
Cimicifuga racemosa
Black Bugbanes
Actaea racemosas
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Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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