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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACONITIC-ACID | 1 | 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. |
| ADENINE | 11 | 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. |
| ALLO-OCIMENE | 1 | Leaf | 4.0 | 140.0 | 1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-BISABOLOL | 20 | Leaf | 1.0 | 915.0 | 1.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CADINOL | 3 | Leaf | 1.0 | 15.0 | 0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-COPAENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CURCUMENE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PATCHOULENE | 0 | Plant | not available | 90.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PEROXYACHIFOLIDE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Leaf | 1.0 | 1000.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Leaf | 2.0 | 1120.0 | 0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Leaf | 1.0 | 80.0 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJONE | 6 | Leaf | 3.0 | 240.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJONE | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Plant | 6.0 | 34.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANACYCLIN | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| AntiNF-kB | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosaminic | 9 | Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18. |
| Antinitrosating | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinociceptive | 7 | Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. |
| Antinyctalopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiobesity? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiodontalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antioncychomycotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antionychogryphotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antionychyotic | 2 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| Antiophidic | 6 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiophthalmic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiorchitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiosteoarthritic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiosteoporotic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiosteoporotic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiotitic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiototic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |