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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COBALT | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| COSMOSIIN | 4 | Flower | 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. |
| COSTIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Shoot | not available | 0.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COSTUNOLIDE | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| COSTUNOLIDE | 9 | Shoot | not available | 6.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMINALDEHYDE | 10 | Shoot | not available | 0.0 | -0.33 | 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. |
| CURCUMENE | 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. |
| CYNAROSIDE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-FRIEDOOLEAN-14-EN-3-OL | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 53000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEHYDROSAUSSUREALACTONE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 6000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | 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. |
| DOCOS-3-ENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 60000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-1 | 1 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Plant | 200.0 | 700.0 | -0.69 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| EO | 0 | Shoot | not available | 1500.0 | -0.81 | 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. |
| EPOXYARTEMORIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPOXYSANTAMARINE | 0 | Flower | not available | 30.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUDESMANOLIDES | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Enterotoxic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Epileptigenic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Estrogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 25 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fumigant | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Fungicide | 19 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 2 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Gastroirritant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gastroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |