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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Culicide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyanogenic | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Cyclooxygenase-Activator | 1 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inducer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima. |
| Cytoprotective | 2 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Cytotoxic | 9 | Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991. |
| Decalcifier | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Decongestant | 3 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Decongestant? | 1 | Eccles, R., et al. 1989. The effects of oral administration of (-)-menthol on nasal resistance to airflow and nasal sensation of airflow in subjects suffering from nasal congestion associated with the common cold. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 652-654, 1990. |
| Degranulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Deliriant | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Demulcent | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Dentifrice | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Deodorant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Depigmentor | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |