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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
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 *