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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antithyreotropic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| AntiTNF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitrichinosic | 1 | Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus. |
| Antitriglyceride | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitubercular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor | 15 | Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992. |
| Antitumor (brain) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (CNS) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Lung) | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Pancreas) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Prostate) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Stomach) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitussive | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |