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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Pyrethrum
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
PYRETHROSIN 0 Plant *
PYRETHROTOXIC-ACID 0 Flower *
STACHYDRINE 6 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cancer-Preventive 1 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardiodepressant 1 *
Cardioprotective 1 *
Cardiotonic 1 *
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Cholinergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Convulsant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Diuretic 2 *
Emmenagogue 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-91.
Gastroprotective 1 *
Hepatoprotective 2 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypotensive 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 *
Ileorelaxant 1 *
Immunostimulant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insecticide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectifuge 1 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.
Lactagogue 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-91.