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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Calcium-Antagonist 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 7 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 8 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Candidistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 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.
Cardiodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Carminative 3 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CNS-Depressant 3 Martindale's 28th
CNS-Stimulant 3 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Convulsant 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Cosmetic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.