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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FARNESENE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Plant | 7080.0 | 40000.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 223000.0 | 334000.0 | 0.36 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | 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. |
| FIBER | 15 | Plant | 69000.0 | 201000.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Plant | not available | 69000.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Plant | not available | 412000.0 | 0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLACIN | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLIC-ACID | 23 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| FORMIC-ACID | 13 | 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. |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFURYL-ALCOHOL | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | 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. |
| GAMMA-CADINENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Leaf | 9.0 | 370.0 | 0.34 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Leaf | 1.0 | 50.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Plant | not available | 36.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERMACRENE-D | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 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. |