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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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 Wealth of India.
T-MUUROLOL 0 Plant 23.0 80.0 Wealth of India.
THYMOL 71 Flower Wealth of India.
TRICOSANE 0 Flower Wealth of India.
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Flower Wealth of India.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Skin) 1 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 *
Antitumor (Thyroid) 1 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 Planta Medica, 57: A56, 1991.
Antitussive 3 *
Antiulcer 5 Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992).
Antivaginitic 1 *
Antiviral 10 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antiyeast 2 *
Anxiolytic 1 *
Aphidifuge 1 *
Apoptotic 3 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 3 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 *
Ataxigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Barbituate-Synergist 1 *
Beta-Blocker 1 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.