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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-BETONICINE | 2 | Plant | 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. |
| (-)-VIBURNITOL | 0 | Plant | 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. |
| (E)-NEROLIDOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Leaf | 24.0 | 1680.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2,3-DEHYDROXYDESACETOXYMATRICIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| 2,3-DIHYDROACETOXYMATRICIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-PENTYL-5-PROPYLRESORCINOL | 0 | Plant | not available | 70.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-OXAGUAIANOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-OXO-3,4-DIHYDRO-2,3-DIAZAPHENOXANTHIN | 0 | Plant | not available | 36.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-HYDROXY-3,6,7,4'-TETRAMETHOXYFLAVONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-PENTADECAN-2-ONE | 0 | Plant | not available | 32.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-ACETOCYARTABSIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-ACETYLAGELOLIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| 8-ANELOOXYARTABSIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETYLBALCHANOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ACHICEINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| ACHILLEINE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACHILLETINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ACHILLICIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| ACHILLIN | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antipruritic | 3 | Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994. |
| Antipsoriac | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipsychotic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antipurpuric | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyruvetic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiradicular | 16 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antiretardation | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiReye's | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirheumatalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirheumatic | 9 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirhinitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisalmonella | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |