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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anticariogenic | 9 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |
| Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticataract | 10 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticatarrh | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticephalagic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticervicaldysplasic | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiCFS | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticheilitic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antichilblain | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticholinesterase | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticholinesterase? | 1 | L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase. |
| Antichoreic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticirrhotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticlastogen | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticlimacteric | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticoeliac | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticold | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticolitic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |