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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
JACEOSIDIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-EPILUDOVICIN-C 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYRATROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYRATRYL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PARTHENOLIDE 27 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERITONE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
REYNOSIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Plant 12.0 700.0 0.05 Duke, 1992 *
SANTAMARINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TABULIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANACETALS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANACETIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANACETOL-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANACETOL-B 0 Plant not available 1100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TATRIDIN-A 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TATRIDIN-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CHRYSANTHENYL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antimyocarditic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antineuralgic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antinitrosaminic 4 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinociceptive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antionychyotic 1 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperistaltic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 3 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antipharyngitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipneumonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipodriac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 2 Jim Duke's personal files.