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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
GLYCERYL-1-MONOBEHENATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
HENEICOSANE 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
HEXACOSANE 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
INDICUMENONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
KIKUKETONE-A 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
LINALOOL 53 Plant 3.0 10.0 -0.66 Wealth of India.
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Plant 6.0 23.0 -0.57 Wealth of India.
LINARIN 1 Flower not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LUTEOLIN 78 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 7 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Plant 24.0 90.0 -0.38 Wealth of India.
NEROLIDOL 11 Plant 10.0 42.0 -0.19 Wealth of India.
P-CYMENE 16 Plant 3.0 14.0 -0.42 Wealth of India.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
PROPIONIC-ACID 6 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
QUERCETIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
SABINENE 5 Plant 4.0 17.0 -0.44 Wealth of India.
STACHYDRINE 6 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 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
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.