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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.
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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
AntiPMS 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 4 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 7 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.