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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
Antiepileptic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 15 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *