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Plant Achillea millefolium (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Yarrow; Milfoil
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
FARNESENE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Plant 7080.0 40000.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 223000.0 334000.0 0.36 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FERULIC-ACID 61 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.
FIBER 15 Plant 69000.0 201000.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Plant not available 69000.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Plant not available 412000.0 0.52 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FOLIC-ACID 23 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
FORMIC-ACID 13 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.
FURFURAL 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURFURYL-ALCOHOL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
GALLIC-ACID 62 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.
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf 9.0 370.0 0.34 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANIAL 13 Leaf 1.0 50.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Plant not available 36.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE-D 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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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 *