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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 5000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Shoot | not available | 9.0 | -0.49 | 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. |
| P-CYMENENE | 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. |
| P-ETHYLBENZALDEHYDE | 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. |
| P-METHYL-ISO-PROPENYLBENZENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-METHYLBENZALDEHYDE | 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. |
| PARTHENOLIDE | 27 | Flower | 0.0 | 2424.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PARTHENOLIDE | 27 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 284000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PARTHENOLIDE | 27 | Leaf | 130.0 | 300000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PARTHENOLIDE | 27 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 61000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PARTHENOLIDE | 27 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PARTHENOLIDE | 27 | Seed | not available | 15200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PARTHENOLIDE | 27 | Shoot | 80.0 | 8700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PARTHENOLIDES | 0 | Plant | not available | 9000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PARTHOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Plant | not available | 5010.0 | 0.68 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| PINOCARVONE | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PINOCARVONE | 1 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PINOCARVONE | 1 | Shoot | not available | 2.0 | -0.63 | 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. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | not available | 22500.0 | 0.05 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| 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. |