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Plant Tanacetum vulgare (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Tansy
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CAMPHOR 41 Leaf 0.0 1800.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CHRYSANTHENYL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LONGIPINANE-2,7-DIONE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COSTUNOLIDE-DIEPOXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CRISPOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAVANONE 0 Shoot 7061.0 8803.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DESACETYLPYRETROSIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIOSMETIN 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant 4000.0 5000.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
EUPATILIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE-D 2 Plant 1400.0 2000.0 1.26 Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE-D 2 Pm 1400.0 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPINOCAMPHONE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOTHUJONE 0 Plant 2640.0 4050.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
JACEIDIN 2 Plant 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
(-)-Chronotropic 3 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 3 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Acaricide 3 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 8 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholine 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
AntiADD 1 Duke, 1992 *