Plant Parthenium integrifolium (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Feverfew; American Feverfew; Wild Quinine; Missouri Snakeroot; Prairie-Dock

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	320.0	2000.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	0.2	1.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	96.0	600.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	1632.0	10200.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	12800.0	80000.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOCITRIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.3	2.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
RUBBER	0	Plant	not available	10500.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Root	0.4	2.5	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	32.0	200.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Root	19200.0	120000.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
TETRANEURIN-C	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRANEURIN-E	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMINE	0	Root	0.3	2.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Root	not available	840000.0	0.46	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	0.6	3.7	-0.90	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bifidogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	5	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	7	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive (Breast Cancer)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive (Colon Cancer)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Copper-Antagonist	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *