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