Plant Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Pyrethrum

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-SESAMIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Shoot	not available	71000.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CYCLOPYRETHROSIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Shoot	not available	5300.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Shoot	not available	794000.0	1.15	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANOLIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMIC-ACID-ESTER	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINERINS	6	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Shoot	not available	5000.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Shoot	not available	236000.0	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
JASMOLINS	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Shoot	not available	2400.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Shoot	not available	130000.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
PYRETHRIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRETHRIN	0	Flower	7000.0	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRETHROL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Larvicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oxytocic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Parasympathomimetic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Pesticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Respiraparalytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Systolic-Depressant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tranquilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	2	Duke, 1992 *