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Plant Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium (Asteraceae)

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 *