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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Chrysanthemum parthenium (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Feverfew
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
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Leaf 390000.0 0.19 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Shoot 28.0 -0.37 Hendriks, H., Bos, R., and Woerdenbag, H. J. 1996. The Essential Oil of Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz-Bip. Flavor and Fragrance Journal 11(6): 367-71.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Shoot 45.0 -0.35 Hendriks, H., Bos, R., and Woerdenbag, H. J. 1996. The Essential Oil of Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz-Bip. Flavor and Fragrance Journal 11(6): 367-71.
IRON 6 Leaf *
IRON 6 Plant *
KILOCALORIES 0 Plant 2860.0 -0.41 *
L-BORNEOL 0 Plant *
L-CAMPHOR 0 Essential Oil *
LIMONENE 60 Shoot Hendriks, H., Bos, R., and Woerdenbag, H. J. 1996. The Essential Oil of Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz-Bip. Flavor and Fragrance Journal 11(6): 367-71.
LINALYL-PROPIONATE 0 Shoot Hendriks, H., Bos, R., and Woerdenbag, H. J. 1996. The Essential Oil of Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz-Bip. Flavor and Fragrance Journal 11(6): 367-71.
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 432.0 2400.0 -0.67 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 2400.0 -0.52 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 1.5 8.1 -0.45 *
MANGANESE 14 Plant 81.0 -0.11 *
MANGOLIOLIDE 0 Plant *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 69.0 385.0 3.50 *
NIACIN 39 Plant *
P-CYMENE 16 Shoot 9.0 -0.49 Hendriks, H., Bos, R., and Woerdenbag, H. J. 1996. The Essential Oil of Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz-Bip. Flavor and Fragrance Journal 11(6): 367-71.
P-CYMENENE 0 Shoot Hendriks, H., Bos, R., and Woerdenbag, H. J. 1996. The Essential Oil of Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz-Bip. Flavor and Fragrance Journal 11(6): 367-71.
P-ETHYLBENZALDEHYDE 0 Shoot Hendriks, H., Bos, R., and Woerdenbag, H. J. 1996. The Essential Oil of Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz-Bip. Flavor and Fragrance Journal 11(6): 367-71.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Prostate) 3 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 *
Antitussive 4 *
Antiulcer 7 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990.
Antivaginitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antivertigo 1 *
Antiviral 5 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast 1 *
Anxiolytic 5 *
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Apoptotic 3 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Ataxigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Attifuge 1 CIBA (Chadwick, D.J. and Marsh, J. 1990. Bioactive Compounds from Plants. CIBA Foundation Symposium 154. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chichester UK. 242 pp.
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *