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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 7000.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 30000.0 | 0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Shoot | not available | 95.0 | -0.13 | 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. |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Essential Oil | not available | 442000.0 | 1.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 189000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 201000.0 | 0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Shoot | not available | 24.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CANIN | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CANIN | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| CANIN | 5 | Shoot | not available | 0.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Plant | not available | 514000.0 | -1.02 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CARVACROL | 37 | 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. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE | 6 | Shoot | not available | 31.0 | 1.64 | 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. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 4000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Plant | not available | 1.7 | -0.70 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CHRYSANTH-TRANS-ENYL-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 235000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSANTHEMOLIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSANTHEMOMIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | 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 |