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.
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 *