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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Tagetes filifolia (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Pampa Anise; Irish Lace
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ESTRAGOLE 12 Essential Oil 350000.0 612600.0 -0.03 Abburraa, R. E., et al. 1990. Study of the Essential Oil of Tagetes filifolia (Asteraceae) as Potential Producer of Estragole and Anethole. An Asoc Quim Argent 78 3: 153-156. Fac Cience Exactas Fis Nat Univ Nac Cordoba Cordoba, Argentina.
ESTRAGOLE 12 Leaf Essent. Oil 205000.0 -1.35 Zygadlo, J. S., Guzman, C. A., Grosso, N. R. 1994. Antifungal Properties of the Leaf Oils of Tagetes Minuta L. and T. filifolia Lag. J. Essent. Oil Res. 6 6: 617-621. Cat Quim Org Fac Cien Exact Univ Nacion Cordoba Cordoba 5000 Argentina.
ESTRAGOLE 12 Plant 3000.0 950000.0 1.41 Youngken Jr, H. W., Tashiro, J. T. 1970. Survey of Plants for Antimalarial Activity. U. S. Army Med. Res. Develop. Command Rept. (Dept. Pharmacognosy Coll. Pharm. Univ. Rhode Island Kingston RI 02881, USA.
EUGENOL-ACETATE 1 Leaf Essent. Oil Zygadlo, J. S., Guzman, C. A., Grosso, N. R. 1994. Antifungal Properties of the Leaf Oils of Tagetes Minuta L. and T. filifolia Lag. J. Essent. Oil Res. 6 6: 617-621. Cat Quim Org Fac Cien Exact Univ Nacion Cordoba Cordoba 5000 Argentina.
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 5 Essential Oil 100.0 -0.74 Hussain, R.A., et. al. 1990. Sweetening Agents of Plant Origin: Phenylpropanoid Constituents of Seven Sweet-Tasting Plants. Econ. Bot. 44 2: 174-182. Program Collab. Res. Pharm. Sci. Coll. Pharmacy Univ. Illinois at Chicago IL 60680, USA.
ISOEUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 9000.0 Zygadlo, J. S., Guzman, C. A., Grosso, N. R. 1994. Antifungal Properties of the Leaf Oils of Tagetes Minuta L. and T. filifolia Lag. J. Essent. Oil Res. 6 6: 617-621. Cat Quim Org Fac Cien Exact Univ Nacion Cordoba Cordoba 5000 Argentina.
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil Zygadlo, J. S., Guzman, C. A., Grosso, N. R. 1994. Antifungal Properties of the Leaf Oils of Tagetes Minuta L. and T. filifolia Lag. J. Essent. Oil Res. 6 6: 617-621. Cat Quim Org Fac Cien Exact Univ Nacion Cordoba Cordoba 5000 Argentina.
SABINENE 5 Leaf Essent. Oil Zygadlo, J. S., Guzman, C. A., Grosso, N. R. 1994. Antifungal Properties of the Leaf Oils of Tagetes Minuta L. and T. filifolia Lag. J. Essent. Oil Res. 6 6: 617-621. Cat Quim Org Fac Cien Exact Univ Nacion Cordoba Cordoba 5000 Argentina.
TAGETONE 2 Essential Oil Fester, G., A., Martinuzzi, E. A., Ricciardi, A. I. 1951. Volatile Oils. IV. Rev Fac Ing Quim 20: 47-60. Fac Ing Quim Santa Fe Argentina.
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Essential Oil 365800.0 -0.07 Hussain, R.A., et. al. 1990. Sweetening Agents of Plant Origin: Phenylpropanoid Constituents of Seven Sweet-Tasting Plants. Econ. Bot. 44 2: 174-182. Program Collab. Res. Pharm. Sci. Coll. Pharmacy Univ. Illinois at Chicago IL 60680, USA.
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Leaf Essent. Oil 713000.0 0.24 Zygadlo, J. S., Guzman, C. A., Grosso, N. R. 1994. Antifungal Properties of the Leaf Oils of Tagetes Minuta L. and T. filifolia Lag. J. Essent. Oil Res. 6 6: 617-621. Cat Quim Org Fac Cien Exact Univ Nacion Cordoba Cordoba 5000 Argentina.
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil Zygadlo, J. S., Guzman, C. A., Grosso, N. R. 1994. Antifungal Properties of the Leaf Oils of Tagetes Minuta L. and T. filifolia Lag. J. Essent. Oil Res. 6 6: 617-621. Cat Quim Org Fac Cien Exact Univ Nacion Cordoba Cordoba 5000 Argentina.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Lactagogue 1 *
Larvicide 1 *
Leucocytogenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Lipolytic 1 *
Mutagenic 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Myorelaxant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nephroprotective 1 Toxicol Appl. Pharmacol. 1996.
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 *
NO-Genic 1 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 2 *
P450-Inducer 1 *
Perfumery 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 9 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phototoxic 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.