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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nociceptive | 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. |
| Nodulation-Signal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Occuloirritant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 8 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osmoregulator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxytocic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ozone-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P21-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-2B1-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Paralytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Parasiticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Parasympathomimetic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |