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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiseptic | 35 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Antiserotonin | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antishock | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antisickling | 3 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antisinusitic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antispare-Tire | 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 |
| Antispasmodic | 36 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antispastic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| AntiSpina-Bifida | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisteatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antistreptococcic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 2 | 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 |
| Antisunburn | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyncopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |