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
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 *

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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.