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
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