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

Common Names
Yarrow; Milfoil
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PROAZULENE 0 Plant *
PROCHAMAZULENE 0 Plant Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
PROTEIN 0 Plant 19116.0 108000.0 -0.54 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 286000.0 369000.0 1.20 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Plant 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.
PRUNASIN 2 Plant Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
PYROCATECHOL 12 Plant 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.
QUERCETIN 176 Plant 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.
QUERCETIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant *
QUERCITRIN 44 Plant *
RESIN 0 Plant 6000.0 -0.86 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Plant 1.0 5.6 -0.40 *
RUTIN 87 Plant 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.
SABINENE 5 Leaf 1.0 1225.0 0.52 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Plant 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.
SAPONINS 5 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SELENIUM 60 Plant 0.3 1.6 -0.36 *
SILICON 4 Plant 1.0 4.5 -0.52 *
SODIUM 1 Plant 15.0 82.0 -0.30 *
SPATHULENOL 0 Plant 495.0 2.66 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
GABA-nergic 1 *
Gastroirritant 1 Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective 3 *
Gastrosedative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Gastrostimulant 1 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 2 *
Glutathione-Depleting 1 *
Glutathionigenic 1 *
Goitrogenic 1 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 3 *
Gram(-)icide 3 *
GST-Inducer 1 *
Hallucinogenic 1 *
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 *
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 *
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 *