Plant Achillea millefolium (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Yarrow; Milfoil

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Leaf	1.0	65.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE	0	Leaf	1.0	30.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CUBEBENE	0	Leaf	1.0	15.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HIMACHALENE	0	Plant	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Leaf	1.0	720.0	0.63	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BETA-SITOSTEROL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BETA-THUJONE	5	Leaf	1.0	30.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
BETONICINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
BORNEOL	35	Leaf	6.0	275.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE	12	Plant	not available	50.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ACID	6	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.
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	1535.0	8670.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Leaf	2.0	600.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHERENONE	0	Plant	not available	70.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Leaf	20.0	2880.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor (Cervix)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Liver)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Mouth)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	3	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Thyroid)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	9	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antitympanitic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer	20	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antiulcerogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *