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Plant Tanacetum parthenium (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Feverfew
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
P-CYMENE 16 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Shoot not available 9.0 -0.49 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.
P-CYMENENE 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.
P-ETHYLBENZALDEHYDE 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.
P-METHYL-ISO-PROPENYLBENZENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHYLBENZALDEHYDE 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.
PARTHENOLIDE 27 Flower 0.0 2424.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PARTHENOLIDE 27 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 284000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PARTHENOLIDE 27 Leaf 130.0 300000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PARTHENOLIDE 27 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 61000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PARTHENOLIDE 27 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PARTHENOLIDE 27 Seed not available 15200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PARTHENOLIDE 27 Shoot 80.0 8700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PARTHENOLIDES 0 Plant not available 9000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PARTHOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant not available 5010.0 0.68 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
PINOCARVONE 1 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PINOCARVONE 1 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PINOCARVONE 1 Shoot not available 2.0 -0.63 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.
POTASSIUM 14 Plant not available 22500.0 0.05 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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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.