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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STACHYDRINE | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCCINIC-ACID | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| SUCCINIC-ACID | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| SWERTISIN | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| T-CADINOL | 0 | Leaf | 1.0 | 15.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIC-ACID | 41 | 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. |
| TANNIN | 35 | Plant | 28000.0 | 40000.0 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Leaf | 3.0 | 175.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEOL | 18 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Leaf | 1.0 | 50.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIOPHENES | 0 | Flower | not available | 167.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIOPHENES | 0 | Leaf | not available | 167.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THUJONE | 17 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THYMOL | 71 | Leaf | 1.0 | 15.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Plant | 5.0 | 26.0 | 0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Mutagenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mycoplasmistat | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Myocardiotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 12 | Martindale's 29th |
| NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Narcotic | 1 | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
| Nematicide | 18 | Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183. |
| Nematistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| NEP-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nephrotoxic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Neurodepressant | 1 | 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. |
| Neuroinhibitor | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Neuropathogenic | 1 | 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. |
| Neuroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 4 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |