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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 8000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Root | not available | 40.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 12.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 1000.0 | -0.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Shoot | not available | 4.0 | -0.12 | 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. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 16000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BICYCLOGERMACRENE | 0 | Root | not available | 4.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Essential Oil | not available | 10000.0 | -0.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 1300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Shoot | not available | 9.0 | -0.39 | 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. |
| BORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 7000.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 7000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 1.2 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL-ANGELATE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 0.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNYL-ACETATE | 12 | Shoot | not available | 28.0 | -0.36 | 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. |
| BUTYL-BENZENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | not available | 5810.0 | -0.83 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | 54000.0 | 0.93 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Thyrotropic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Toxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Tracheorelaxant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tranquilizer | 4 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90. |
| Tranquilizer? | 1 | Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4. |
| Transdermal | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trematodicide | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Trichomonicide | 8 | Abstract (See species file) |
| Trichomonistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Trypsin-Enhancer | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93. |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ubiquiot | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 3 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
| Uricosuric | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Urinary-Antiseptic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |