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
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Depressant	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Expectorant	1	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Fungicide	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gastrostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic	6	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	5	Duke, 1992 *