Plant Tanacetum parthenium (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Feverfew

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Medicinal

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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
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 *

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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
Antiamebic	1	Abstract (See species file)
Antianaphylactic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarthritic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	25	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *