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
(-)-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 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
GABA-nergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroirritant	1	Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Gastrosedative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Gastrostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathione-Depleting	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Goitrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide	3	Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hallucinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hematopoietic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Hemolytic	2	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat	8	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective	17	Duke, 1992 *