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

Common Names
Feverfew
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ISOAMYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 2000.0 *
ISOFRAXIDIN 5 Root 122.0 1.00 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Plant 2860.0 -0.41 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
L-BORNEOL 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil 5000.0 -0.71 *
LIMONENE 60 Shoot 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.
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil 13000.0 -0.52 *
LINALYL-PROPIONATE 0 Shoot 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.
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCURONIDE 3 Leaf *
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 2400.0 -0.52 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MAGNOLIALIDE 0 Plant *
MANGANESE 14 Plant 8.1 -0.64 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MANGOLIOLIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
MELATONIN 23 Leaf 6.0 3500.0 1.41 *
MICHEFUSCALIDE 0 Leaf *
MYRCENE 22 Fruit Essent. Oil *
NIACIN 39 Plant 285.0 2.92 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
OCTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 1000.0 *
ORTHOCARSINE 0 Plant Tramil
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil 31000.0 -0.38 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Acaricide 7 *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 *
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 *
Allelochemic 4 *
Allelopathic 6 *
Allergenic 20 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 12 *
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 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 8 *
Angiogenic 1 *