Plant Tanacetum parthenium (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Feverfew

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
BETA-FARNESENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	8000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE	0	Root	not available	40.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE	0	Shoot	not available	12.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	1000.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Shoot	not available	4.0	-0.12	Hendriks, H., Bos, R., and Woerdenbag, H. J. 1996. The Essential Oil of Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz-Bip. Flavor and Fragrance Journal 11(6): 367-71.
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	16000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BICYCLOGERMACRENE	0	Root	not available	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Essential Oil	not available	10000.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Shoot	not available	9.0	-0.39	Hendriks, H., Bos, R., and Woerdenbag, H. J. 1996. The Essential Oil of Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz-Bip. Flavor and Fragrance Journal 11(6): 367-71.
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	7000.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	7000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Shoot	not available	1.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ANGELATE	0	Shoot	not available	0.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE	12	Shoot	not available	28.0	-0.36	Hendriks, H., Bos, R., and Woerdenbag, H. J. 1996. The Essential Oil of Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz-Bip. Flavor and Fragrance Journal 11(6): 367-71.
BUTYL-BENZENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	not available	5810.0	-0.83	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CAMPHENE	9	Essential Oil	not available	54000.0	0.93	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
(-)-Chronotropic	3	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic	3	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	7	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	11	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	20	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	12	Duke, 1992 *
Anaphrodisiac	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Ancylostomicide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *