Plant Tanacetum vulgare (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Tansy

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
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Leaf	472.0	1300.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
1-BETA-HYDROXYARBUSCULIN-A	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-EPI-LUDOVICIN-C	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
11,13-DEHYDRODESACETYL-MATRICARIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-THUJEN-2-ALPHA-YL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CAMPHOLENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Plant	40.0	200.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARBUSCULIN-A	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARTEMISIA-ALCOHOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARTEMISIA-KETONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARTEMORIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-THUJONE	5	Leaf	1124.0	3500.0	0.59	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-THUJYL-ALCOHOL	0	Plant	348.0	435.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	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
COX-2-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	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.
Cytotoxic	4	Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
Decongestant	2	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Degranulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Dentifrice	1	Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Ecbolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Edemagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *