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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.
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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
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 8 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 5 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *