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
Antiproliferant	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	3	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antirheumatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Antisalmonella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisecretory	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	9	Merck 11th Edition
Antisinusitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic	2	Duke, 1992 *