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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOAMYL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOFRAXIDIN | 5 | Root | not available | 122.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Plant | not available | 2860.0 | -0.41 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| L-BORNEOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | not available | 5000.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | 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. |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Essential Oil | not available | 13000.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALYL-PROPIONATE | 0 | 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. |
| LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCURONIDE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Plant | not available | 2400.0 | -0.52 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MAGNOLIALIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | not available | 8.1 | -0.64 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MANGOLIOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| MELATONIN | 23 | Leaf | 6.0 | 3500.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MICHEFUSCALIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Plant | not available | 285.0 | 2.92 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| OCTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ORTHOCARSINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Essential Oil | not available | 31000.0 | -0.38 | 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. |