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

Common Names

Feverfew

How this plant is used

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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	4	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	9	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.
Herbistat	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Histaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypercalcuric	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Hyperglycemic	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.
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypnotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	10	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic	6	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hypolipidemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	9	Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	6	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	8	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.