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Common Names
Feverfew
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COBALT | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| COSMOSIIN | 4 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| COSTIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Shoot | not available | 0.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COSTUNOLIDE | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| COSTUNOLIDE | 9 | Shoot | not available | 6.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMINALDEHYDE | 10 | Shoot | not available | 0.0 | -0.33 | 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. |
| CURCUMENE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| CYNAROSIDE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-FRIEDOOLEAN-14-EN-3-OL | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 53000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEHYDROSAUSSUREALACTONE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 6000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| DOCOS-3-ENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 60000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-1 | 1 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Plant | 200.0 | 700.0 | -0.69 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| EO | 0 | Shoot | not available | 1500.0 | -0.81 | 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. |
| EPOXYARTEMORIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPOXYSANTAMARINE | 0 | Flower | not available | 30.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUDESMANOLIDES | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ankylostomacide | 1 | Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus. |
| Anorexic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anthelmintic | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiacetylcholine | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 12 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacrodynic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| AntiAGE | 2 | 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 |
| Antiaggregant | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaging | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 4 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Antiallergic | 6 | J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569. |
| Antialopecic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antialzheimeran? | 3 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |