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Common Names
Yarrow; Milfoil
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Leaf | 1.0 | 65.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 0 | Leaf | 1.0 | 30.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Leaf | 1.0 | 15.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-HIMACHALENE | 0 | Plant | not available | 50.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Leaf | 1.0 | 720.0 | 0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| BETA-THUJONE | 5 | Leaf | 1.0 | 30.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETAINE | 14 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| BETONICINE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Leaf | 6.0 | 275.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNYL-ACETATE | 12 | Plant | not available | 50.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTYRIC-ACID | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | 1535.0 | 8670.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf | 2.0 | 600.0 | 0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHERENONE | 0 | Plant | not available | 70.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Leaf | 20.0 | 2880.0 | -0.18 | 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-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-HT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Abortifacient | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acaricide | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acetylcholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AChE-Inhibitor | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Acidulant | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Additive | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Aedifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aggregant | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelochemic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelopathic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |