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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Achillea millefolium (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Yarrow; Milfoil
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-BETONICINE 2 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(-)-VIBURNITOL 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(E)-NEROLIDOL 0 Leaf *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 24.0 1680.0 -0.31 *
2,3-DEHYDROXYDESACETOXYMATRICIN 0 Plant Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
2,3-DIHYDROACETOXYMATRICIN 0 Plant *
2-PENTYL-5-PROPYLRESORCINOL 0 Plant 70.0 *
3-OXAGUAIANOLIDE 0 Plant *
4-OXO-3,4-DIHYDRO-2,3-DIAZAPHENOXANTHIN 0 Plant 36.0 *
5-HYDROXY-3,6,7,4'-TETRAMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-PENTADECAN-2-ONE 0 Plant 32.0 *
8-ACETOCYARTABSIN 0 Plant *
8-ACETYLAGELOLIDE 0 Leaf Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
8-ANELOOXYARTABSIN 0 Plant *
ACETYLBALCHANOLIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ACHICEINE 0 Plant 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.
ACHILLEINE 1 Plant *
ACHILLETINE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ACHILLICIN 0 Plant 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.
ACHILLIN 2 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Pediculicide 1 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 29 Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 85 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Pheromone 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
PKC-Inhibitor 1 *
Plasmodicide 3 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 *
Prebiotic 1 *
Preservative 3 Merck 11th Edition
Probiotic 1 *
Probiotigenic 1 *
Progestational 1 *
Proliferant 2 *