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Common Names
Everlasting; Immortelle
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,4-DIMETHYLHEPTAN-3,5-DIONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3,5-DIMETHYLOCTAN-4,6-DIONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5,7-DIMETHOXYPHTHALIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-METHOXY-7-HYDROXYPRTHALIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALCOHOLS | 0 | Plant | 583.0 | 2331.0 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-DIKETONES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRYLIC-ACID | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-ALPHA-PINENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Plant | 750.0 | 2000.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTERS | 0 | Plant | 480.0 | 1920.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRACTION-H | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GNAPHALIIN | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HELIPYRONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALERIC-ACID | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Acaricide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acidulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110. |
| Allergenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anesthetic | 1 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiadenoviral | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antiaggregant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiaging | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran | 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. |
| Antiandrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiarachidonate | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarrhythmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 1 | Planta Medica, 57: A56, 1991. |
| Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |