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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPRIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | 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. |
| CAPRYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 2 | 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. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Plant | 133104.0 | 752000.0 | 0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Leaf | 4.0 | 160.0 | -0.58 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CASTICIN | 6 | 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. |
| CEROTINIC-ACID | 0 | 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. |
| CHAMAZULENE | 10 | Plant | 0.0 | 4845.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHAMAZULENE-CARBOXYLIC-ACID | 0 | 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. |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | 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. |
| CHOLINE | 20 | 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. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Plant | 0.4 | 2.5 | -0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRSANTHENYL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINEOLE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CIS-BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Plant | not available | 110.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-CARVEOL | 0 | Plant | not available | 200.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-CHRSANTHENOL | 0 | Leaf | 1.0 | 30.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-DEHYDROMATRICARIA-ESTER | 3 | Leaf | 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. |
| CIS-JASMONE | 0 | Leaf | 2.0 | 125.0 | 1.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-NEROLIDOL | 0 | Plant | not available | 230.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Insulinogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Interleukin-6-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Irritant | 25 | Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994. |
| Juvabional | 4 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Keratolytic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Lactagogue | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-91. |
| Larvicide | 7 | Misra, L.N. and Singh, S.P. Alpha-Thujone, The Major Component Of The Essential Oil From Artemisia vulgaris Growing Wild In Nilgiri Hills. Journal of Natural Products, 49: 941, 1986. |
| Larvistat | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Laxative | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leptingenic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Leukotriene-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipolytic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipotropic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 6 | Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690. |
| Lithogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lubricant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |