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Common Names
Yarrow; Milfoil
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STACHYDRINE | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCCINIC-ACID | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| SUCCINIC-ACID | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| SWERTISIN | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| T-CADINOL | 0 | Leaf | 1.0 | 15.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIC-ACID | 41 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994. |
| TANNIN | 35 | Plant | 28000.0 | 40000.0 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Leaf | 3.0 | 175.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEOL | 18 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Leaf | 1.0 | 50.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIOPHENES | 0 | Flower | not available | 167.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIOPHENES | 0 | Leaf | not available | 167.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THUJONE | 17 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THYMOL | 71 | Leaf | 1.0 | 15.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Plant | 5.0 | 26.0 | 0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antilupus | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| AntiLyme | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphomic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimaculitic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimalarial | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimange | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimanic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimastalgic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimastitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimeasles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antimelanogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimelanomic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimelasmic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiMeniere's | 1 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Antimenopausal | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenorrhagic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimetaplastic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimetastatic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 5 | Martindale's 29th |