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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
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant 24.0 90.0 -0.54 Wealth of India.
ACACETIN 16 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ACACETIN-7-O-GALACTOPURANOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ACACETIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ACACETIN-7-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ACACETIN-7-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE-DIHYDRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACACIIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ADENOSINE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Plant 18.0 70.0 0.78 Wealth of India.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Plant 2.0 5.0 -0.51 Wealth of India.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant 3.0 14.0 -0.47 Wealth of India.
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Plant 32.0 120.0 1.65 Wealth of India.
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Plant 6.0 24.0 -0.47 Wealth of India.
AMINOZIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELOYCUMAMBRIN-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ANGELOYLAJADIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
APIGENIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 2 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
AR-CURCUMENE 3 Plant 4.0 15.0 -0.51 Wealth of India.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 2 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Anticariogenic 5 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract 1 Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993.
Anticatarrh 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticholestatic 1 Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
Anticholinesterase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplement 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatic 2 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.