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
AntiMS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	9	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyocarditic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic	4	Martindale's 28th
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosating	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	3	Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiodontalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antionychyotic	2	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.