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Tamarindus indica
See Tamarind
Tamus communis
See Black Bryony
Tanacetum parthenium
See Feverfew
Tanacetum vulgare
See Tansy
Tansy
Tanacetum vulgare
DESCRIPTION
Medicinal Parts: The medicinal part consists of the dried
flowering herb.
Flower and Fruit: The inflorescences are flat, round and
button-like composite flowers in cymes. The bright golden
yellow flowers consist only of tubular flowers. The fruit has
5 ribs without tufts of hair.
Leaves, Stem and Root: The plants grow from 60 to 120 cm
high. The stem is erect, glabrous, angular, red-tinged and
leafy. The leaves are alternate, simple or double pinnatifid,
15 cm long and 12 cm wide and have a long emarginate tip.
Characteristics: The herb has a strong aromatic smell. The
taste is bitter and camphor-like. The plant is poisonous.
Habitat: The plant is indigenous to Europe.
Production: Tansy flower consists of the inflorescence of
Chrysanthemum vulgare (syn. Tanacetum vulgare). Tansy
herb consists of the above-ground parts of Chrysanthemum
vulgare (syn. Tanacetum vulgare). Tansy oil is the oil
extracted from Tanacetum vulgare.
Other Names: Buttons, Daisy, Hindheal, Parsley Fern
ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS: TANSY FLOWER AND HERB
Volatile oil (0.5 to 0.9% in the foliage, 0.8 to 1.8% in the
blossoms): constituents of the volatile oil vary greatly
according to variety. The following could appear as main
constituents: artemisia ketone, (-)-thujone.-(+)-isothujone,
1,8-cineole, alpha-pinene, alpha-terpinyl acetate, borneol,
bornyl acetate, davanone, germacrene D, L-camphor (+)
umbellulone, camphor, lyratol (+) lyratol acetate, piperitone,
sabinene, thuj-4-en-2-ylacetate (+) trans-Carveyl acetate,
trans-chrysanthenol (+) trans-chrysanthenyl acetate, umbel-
lulone, as well as (+)-vulgarol A (8%), vulgaron B (up to
12%). Hybrid varieties exist.
Sesquiterpenes: sesquiterpene lactones, including crispolid,
deacetyl crispolid, tatridins A and B, tavulin, artemorin,
parthenolide (in some varieties), reynosine, armefoline,
dentatin A, santamarin, chrysanthemine
Flavonoids: including cosmosiin, apigenin-7-O-glycoside,
cynaroside, luteolin-7-O-glucoside, quercimetrin, eupatilin,
acacetin-7-glucobioside
Hydroxycoumarins: including scopoletin
Polyynes: including diterthiophene, triterthiophene
(phototoxic)
EFFECTS: TANSY FLOWER AND HERB
The oil, which contains thujone, is an insect repellent. The
sesquiterpenes in the leaves are antimicrobial. A leaf extract
has displayed an anti-edemic effect, and the polysaccharide
fraction is said to have an ulcer-protective effect in rats.
COMPOUNDS: TANSY OIL
Constituents of the volatile oil vary greatly according to
variety. The following could appear as chief constituents:
artemisia ketone, (-Hhujone, (+)-isothujone, 1,8-cineole,
alpha-pinene, alpha-terpinyl acetate, borneol, bornyl acetate,
davanone, germacrene D, L-camphor (+) umbellulone, L-
.camphor, lyratol (+) lyratol acetate, piperitone, sabinene,
thuj-4-en-2-ylacetate (+) trans-carvyl acetate, trans-chrysan-
thenol (+) trans-chrysanthenyl acetate, umbellulone, among
others. Hybrid varieties exist.
EFFECTS: TANSY OIL
The thujone-type oil is antimicrobial, anthelmintic, and
repellent to various insects.