Black Cohosh Extract Botanical Extracts

Part Used: Root / Leaf
Appearance: Yellow Brown Powder
Test Method: HPLC
Product Specification: 2.5% - 8%
Plant Source: Cimicifuga Romose L.
Biological Activity: Estrogen effect,Antibacterial, blood pressure lowering , inhibit the cardiac muscle, sedation
Application: Health Products etc.

Organic Black Cohosh Extract/Black Cohosh Herb/Black Cohosh Extract
Today, Black Cohosh Extract is used primarily as a nutritional supplement for hot flashes, mood swings, night sweats, vaginal dryness and other symptoms that can occur during menopause, as well as for menstrual cramps and bloating. The parts of the plant used medicinally are the fresh or dried roots and rhizomes (underground stems), which are available in health food stores, some drug stores and online in tea, capsule, tablet or liquid extract forms. The active compound is believed to be 26-deoxyactein.
Black cohosh (cimicifuga racemosa) is a tall perennial plant in the buttercup family that grows in eastern and central areas of the United States. Black Cohosh Extract was used by Native Americans as a traditional folk remedy for womens' health conditions, such as menstrual cramps and hot flashes, arthritis, muscle pain, sore throat, cough and indigestion. The juice of the plant was used as an insect repellent and was made into a salve and applied to snake bites.
Black Cohosh extract is the most popular herbal supplement in Europe for women experiencing change of life (perimenopause) symptoms. Black Cohosh extract provides isoflavones and other constituents that help support a woman's health during this phase of her life.
The roots of tribulus are widely used in the treatment of menopausal symptoms and menstrual dysfunctions. Studies have demonstrated that this botanic medicine, when standardized properly to the terpene glycoside fraction, appears to be effective in alleviating menopausal symptoms.

Main Function
1.Alleviation of menopausal symptoms.
2.Black Cohosh powder has the similar function as estrogen.
3.The apparent healing properties of Black cohosh root extend beyond its use for "women's problems." Thought to work as an anti-inflammatory and mild sedative, black cohosh may relieve muscle aches and pains ect.
4.Improving physical and psychological menopausal symptoms in more than 80% of the participants within four weeks.
5.Black cohosh has commonly been used to treat symptoms of menopause, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), painful menstruation, acne, weakened bones (osteoporosis), and for starting labor in pregnant women.
6.Black cohosh became a popular treatment for women’s health issues in Europe in the mid-1950s.

Applications
1. Applied in food field.it is widely used as functional food additive.
2. Applied in health product field, it is widely added into various kinds of health products with the function of preventing rheumatism, adjusting estrogen level and so on.
3. Applied in cosmetics field, it is widely added into various kinds of cosmetics with the function of delaying aging.
4. Applied in pharmaceutical field,it is widely added into the medicine which can used in treating arthritis and postpartum syndrome.

COA of Black Cohosh Extract
Assay: 10:1
Loss on drying: 3%
Heavy Metal: ＜10ppm
Lead: ＜2ppm
Arsenic: ＜2ppm
Residual Solvents: Eur.Pharm
Total Plate Count: ＜1000cfu/g
Yeast ＆ Mold: ＜100cfu/g
E.coli: Negative
Salmonella: Negative