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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.
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
Myorelaxant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 3 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Nodulation-Signal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Occuloirritant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 4 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteoblastogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
P21-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 2 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
Pediculicide 1 Duke, 1992 *