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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pediculicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 85 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Photosensitizer | 1 | Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp. |
| PKC-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plasmodicide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prebiotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Preservative | 3 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Probiotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Probiotigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Progestational | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Proliferant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |