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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
CHRYSANTHEMUM-PARTHENIUM-EN-YNE-BICLCLO-ETHER 0 Root not available 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMUM-SESQUITERPENE-LACTONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHENOL 0 Shoot not available 2.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHENOL-4-ACETATE 0 Shoot not available 1.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHENOL-4-BETA-HYDROXY 0 Shoot not available 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHENYL-ACETATE 2 Shoot not available 360.0 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.
CHRYSANTHENYL-ANGELATE 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.
CHRYSANTHENYL-ISOVALERATE 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.
CHRYSANTHENYL-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.
CHRYSARTEN-A 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CHRYSARTEN-B 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CHRYSARTHEMIN-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSARTHEMIN-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL-7-GLUCURONIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CHRYSANTHENOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CHRYSANTHENOL-ACETATE 0 Shoot not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CHRYSANTHENOL-ANGELATE 0 Shoot not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CHRYSANTHENOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Shoot not available 0.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-DENDRANTHEMA-SPIROFURAN-A 0 Shoot not available 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-SPIROKETOL-ENOL-ETHER 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 575000.0 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
Cytotoxic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Decongestant 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Degranulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Deliriant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Dentifrice 2 Martindale's 29th
Deodorant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Depressant 2 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 5 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Detoxicant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 7 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Ecbolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Edemagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 3 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.