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Plant Tanacetum parthenium (Asteraceae)

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
SANTAMARIN 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTAMARINE 3 Flower not available 424.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SECOTANAPARATHOLIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SECOTANAPARTHENOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SECOTANAPARTHOLIDE-A 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SECOTANAPARTHOLIDE-A 0 Shoot not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
SECOTANAPARTHOLIDE-B 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SECOTANAPARTHOLIDE-B 0 Shoot not available 0.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Plant not available 1.7 -0.35 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SILICON 4 Plant not available 4.6 -0.52 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SODIUM 1 Plant not available 48.0 -0.30 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANACETIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Tramil
TANACETIN 0 Shoot not available 15800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TANAPARTHIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANAPARTHIN-1ALPHA,4ALPHA-EPOXIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANAPARTHIN-1BETA,4BETA-EPOXIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANAPARTHIN-ALPHA-PEROXIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANAPARTHIN-ALPHA-PEROXIDE 0 Shoot not available 1.6 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
Anticholinesterase? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticirrhotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 4 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic 1 Wealth of India.