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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | not available | 267000.0 | 0.77 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 222000.0 | -0.10 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PYRETHRIN | 0 | 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. |
| QUERCETAGETIN-3,3',7-TRIMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETAGETIN-3,3',7-TRIMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETAGETIN-3,7-DIMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETAGETIN-3,7-DIMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| REYNOSIN | 1 | Flower | not available | 1485.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| REYNOSIN | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| REYNOSIN | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| REYNOSIN | 1 | Shoot | not available | 0.4 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Plant | not available | 2.5 | -0.62 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SABINENE | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 1000.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Shoot | not available | 5.0 | -0.29 | 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. |
| SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 1.5 | 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. |
| SABINOL | 5 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 1300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SANTAMARIN | 5 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SANTAMARIN | 5 | Leaf | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiophidic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiorchitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiosteoarthritic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiosteoporotic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiotitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiototic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antioxidant | 18 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antioxidant (LDL) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiozenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipapillomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparkinsonian | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparotitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipellagric | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperiodontic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperiodontitic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antipharyngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiphotophobic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antipityriasic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiplaque | 5 | Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21 |