The main components of Cimicifuga are triterpenoid polyoxygenates, chromogen ketones, phenolic acids, various chromones, odontoamol and odontoamicin. Among them, the identified structures are: isoferulic acid, 3-acetyl caffeic acid, caffeic ester glucoside, cimifugin, cimifugin glucoside, 6-isoxanthine nucleoside, cimidahurine, cimidahurinie, D-glucose, sucrose, etc.
Soluble in methanol, DMSO and other solvents, insoluble in petroleum ether. Sourced from the rhizome of Asclepias (Cimicifnga foetida L.)
