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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APIGENIN | 101 | 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. |
| APIGENIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | 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. |
| APIGENIN-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARABINOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| ARTEMISIA-ALCOHOL | 0 | Leaf | 1.0 | 80.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARTEMISIA-KETONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARTEMISIATRIENE | 0 | Leaf | 1.0 | 65.0 | -1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARTEMITIN | 0 | 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. |
| ASCARIDOLE | 15 | Leaf | 120.0 | 6600.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCARIDOLE-ISOMER | 0 | Leaf | 5.0 | 335.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 580.0 | 3100.0 | -0.16 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Plant | 119.0 | 672.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Plant | 17700.0 | 100000.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARAGINE | 2 | 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. |
| AUSTRICIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| AZULENE | 10 | Leaf | 0.0 | 8000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BALCHANOLIDE | 0 | 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. |
| BALCHANOLIDE-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| BENZALDEHYDECYANHYDRINGLYCOSIDE | 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. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 49 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibronchitic | 5 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiburn | 1 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Anticancer | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 2 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 3 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Liver) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Skin) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticapillary-Fragility | 1 | Merck 7th Ed. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Anticarcinomic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |