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Plant Chrysanthemum x morifolium (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Chrysanthemum; Florist's Chrysanthemum; Mum; Ju Hua (Pinyin)
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
STIGMASTEROL 12 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
T-MUUROLOL 0 Plant 23.0 80.0 not available Wealth of India.
THYMOL 71 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
TRICOSANE 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Mosquitocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant 3 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Mucotropic 1 Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Mutagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 7 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Narcotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Nematicide 8 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neurolytic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Neurotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Occuloirritant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Osteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ovulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oxytocic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *