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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antidiscotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidiuretic | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-92. |
| Antidote | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antidote (Aluminum) | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antidote (Cadmium) | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidote (Lead) | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Mercury) | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Paraquat) | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysenteric | 3 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antidysgeuzic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidyskinetic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysmenorrheic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidyspeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysphagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiEBV | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antieczemic | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiedemic | 9 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antielastase | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |