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Common Names
Feverfew
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Renoirritant | 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. |
| Respirainhibitor | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Rubefacient | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Schistosomicide | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Secretogogue | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Secretolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Sedative | 16 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Serotoninergic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Spasmogenic | 5 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Spermicide | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Sprout-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication. |
| Stimulant | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Surfactant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Taenicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Termiticide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termitifuge | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosterone-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |