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Plant Tanacetum vulgare (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Tansy
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 472.0 1300.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
1-BETA-HYDROXYARBUSCULIN-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-EPI-LUDOVICIN-C 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
11,13-DEHYDRODESACETYL-MATRICARIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-THUJEN-2-ALPHA-YL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CAMPHOLENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Plant 40.0 200.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARBUSCULIN-A 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARTEMISIA-ALCOHOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARTEMISIA-KETONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARTEMORIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-THUJONE 5 Leaf 1124.0 3500.0 0.59 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-THUJYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant 348.0 435.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 3 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 3 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Acaricide 3 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 8 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholine 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
AntiADD 1 Duke, 1992 *