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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | not available | 267000.0 | 0.77 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 222000.0 | -0.10 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PYRETHRIN | 0 | 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. |
| QUERCETAGETIN-3,3',7-TRIMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETAGETIN-3,3',7-TRIMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETAGETIN-3,7-DIMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETAGETIN-3,7-DIMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| REYNOSIN | 1 | Flower | not available | 1485.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| REYNOSIN | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| REYNOSIN | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| REYNOSIN | 1 | Shoot | not available | 0.4 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Plant | not available | 2.5 | -0.62 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SABINENE | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 1000.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Shoot | not available | 5.0 | -0.29 | 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. |
| SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 1.5 | 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. |
| SABINOL | 5 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 1300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SANTAMARIN | 5 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SANTAMARIN | 5 | Leaf | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| P450-2B1-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pediculicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Perfume | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Perfumery | 18 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Peristaltic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Pheromone | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Photosensitizer | 1 | Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp. |
| Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Progesteronigenic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Prooxidant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Chen, S. J., Wang, M. H., Chen, I. J. 1996. Antiplatelet and Calcium Inhibitory Properties of Eugenol and Sodium Eugenol Acetate. Gen Pharmacol, 27(4): 629-633. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protisticide | 1 | Abstract (See species file) |