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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antirhinitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisalmonella | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisecretory | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 18 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antishock | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antisinusitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antispare-Tire | 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 |
| Antispasmodic | 23 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antistreptococcic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 2 | 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 |
| Antisyndrome-X | 6 | 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 |
| Antithromboxane | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87. |