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
CAMPHENE	9	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	7000.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	30000.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Shoot	not available	95.0	-0.13	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.
CAMPHOR	41	Essential Oil	not available	442000.0	1.34	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	189000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	201000.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Shoot	not available	24.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
CANIN	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CANIN	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CANIN	5	Shoot	not available	0.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Plant	not available	514000.0	-1.02	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CARVACROL	37	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.
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE	6	Shoot	not available	31.0	1.64	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.
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE	8	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	4000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Plant	not available	1.7	-0.70	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHRYSANTH-TRANS-ENYL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	235000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMOLIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMOMIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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
Varroacide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	7	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Vermifuge	3	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vibriocide	1	Wealth of India.
Vulnerary	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).