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
Antistress	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid	3	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitrypanosomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	7	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antitumor (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	3	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *