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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
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Plant 15.0 57.0 -0.31 Wealth of India.
CHLOROCHRYMORIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANDIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
CHRYSANTHEMIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMIN-CHLORIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMOL 1 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
CHRYSANTHEMONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHENONE 2 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
CHRYSARTEMIN-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
CHRYSARTEMIN-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
COSMOSIIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUMAMBRIN-A 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
DIOSMETIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
EO 0 Flower not available 1400.0 -0.38 Wealth of India.
EO 0 Shoot 400.0 1500.0 -0.81 Wealth of India.
ETHANOL 24 Plant 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.
FAT 0 Seed not available 171000.0 -0.50 Wealth of India.
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Plant 20.0 75.0 0.50 Wealth of India.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Plant 36.0 130.0 -0.31 Wealth of India.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antipharyngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque 2 Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antiplasmodial 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antipyretic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 1 Jimenez, J., Navarro, M.C., Montilla, M.P., Martin, A. and Martinez, A. 1993. Thymus zygis Oil: Its Effects on CCl4-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Free Radical Scavenger Activity. JEO5: 153-8.
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinoviral 1 Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Antisalmonella 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 10 Merck 11th Edition