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Common Names
Feverfew
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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 | not available | 390000.0 | 0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Shoot | not available | 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 | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Plant | not available | 2860.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-BORNEOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-CAMPHOR | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Plant | not available | 2400.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Leaf | 1.5 | 8.1 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | not available | 81.0 | -0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGOLIOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Leaf | 69.0 | 385.0 | 3.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Shoot | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hypotensive | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunostimulant | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Inflammatory | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inhalant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Insect-Repellent | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectifuge | 17 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insectiphile | 1 | J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986. |
| Insulinogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Interleukin-6-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Irritant | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvicide | 3 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Laxative | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leptingenic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Lipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |