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Plant Tanacetum parthenium (Asteraceae)

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
SANTAMARIN 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTAMARINE 3 Flower not available 424.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SECOTANAPARATHOLIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SECOTANAPARTHENOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SECOTANAPARTHOLIDE-A 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SECOTANAPARTHOLIDE-A 0 Shoot not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
SECOTANAPARTHOLIDE-B 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SECOTANAPARTHOLIDE-B 0 Shoot not available 0.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Plant not available 1.7 -0.35 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SILICON 4 Plant not available 4.6 -0.52 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SODIUM 1 Plant not available 48.0 -0.30 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANACETIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Tramil
TANACETIN 0 Shoot not available 15800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TANAPARTHIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANAPARTHIN-1ALPHA,4ALPHA-EPOXIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANAPARTHIN-1BETA,4BETA-EPOXIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANAPARTHIN-ALPHA-PEROXIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANAPARTHIN-ALPHA-PEROXIDE 0 Shoot not available 1.6 not available 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
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