# Achillea millefolium

*Achillea millefolium*

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**Plantae** — Magnoliophyta

Classis : Magnoliopsida
Subclassis : Asteridae
Ordo : Asterales
Familia : Asteraceae
Subfamilia : Asteroideae
Tribus : Anthemideae
Subtribus : Matricariinae
Genus : Achillea
Species : Achillea millefolium
L.

Achillea millefolium (binomen a Carolo Linnaeo anno 1753 statutum) est species plantarum aromatica et medicinalis in Asia et Europa sponte crescens, fortasse ex Asia occidentali oriunda.

Vestigia *Achilleae millefolii* aliarumque plantarum medicinalium iuxta sepulturam Šanīdar IV, annis 65 000 a.p. depositam, reperta sunt. *Achillea millefolium* cum aliis speciebus incorporatum est in pilula medica intra pyxidem reperta in naufragio Pozzino.

## Natura medica

Achilleae millefolio substantiae cum uso medico potentiali, ut:

* Achillinum A, guaianolidae substantia cytotoxica, ita antiproliferativa
* Centaureidina, O-methylatum flavonolum, agens antiproliferativa

## Bibliographia

* Wendy L. Applequist, Daniel Moerman, "Yarrow ( Achillea millefolium L.): A Neglected Panacea? A Review of Ethnobotany, Bioactivity, and Biomedical Research" in *Economic Botany* vol. 65 (2011) pp. 209–225
* B. Benedek, B. Kopp, "Achillea millefolium L. s.l. revisited: Recent findings confirm the traditional use" in *Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift* vol. 157 (2007) pp. 312–314
* Yan-Ping Guo, Johannes Saukel, Friedrich Ehrendorfer, "AFLP trees versus scatterplots: Evolution of the polyploid Achillea millefolium agg." in *Taxon* vol. 57 (2008) pp. 153–169
* Li Y., Zhang M.-L., Cong B., Wang S.-M., Dong M., Sauriol F., Huo C.-H., Shi Q.-W., Gu Y.-C., Kiyota H.: Achillinin A, a cytotoxic guaianolide from the flower of Yarrow, Achillea millefolium. Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 2011, 75(8):1554-6, doi:10.1271/bbb.110234
* Csupor-Löffler B., Hajdú Z., Zupkó I., Réthy B., Falkay G., Forgo P., Hohmann J.: Antiproliferative effect of flavonoids and sesquiterpenoids from Achillea millefolium s.l. on cultured human tumour cell lines. Phytotherapy research 2009, 23(5):672-6, doi:10.1271/bbb.110234

## Nexus externi

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|  | **Vicimedia Communia** plura habent quae ad **Achillea millefolium** spectant. |

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|  | Vide **"Achillea millefolium"** apud **Vicispecies**. |

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|  | **Situs scientifici:** Tropicos • Tela Botanica • GRIN • ITIS • Plant List • NCBI • Biodiversity • Encyclopedia of Life • Plant Name Index • IUCN Red List • "Achillea millefolium" apud *Plants for a Future* • Plantes d'Afrique • Flora of China • INPN France • Flora of North America • USDA Plants Database |

Unam legis e paginis de
aromatibus
disserentibus

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Aromata

* Cardamomum
* Chili
* Cinnamomum
* Curcuma
* Galanga
* Papeda
* Saccharum
* Vanilla
* Zedoaria rotunda
* Zingiber

Plantae

* *Alpinia galanga*, *A. officinarum*
* *Boesenbergia rotunda*
* *Capsicum* spp.
* *Cinnamomum verum*
* *Citrus hystrix*, *C. medica*
* *Curcuma longa*
* *Kaempferia galanga*
* *Saccharum officinarum*
* *Zingiber officinale*

Commercium

Res culinariae

Res medicinales

Homines

* Marcus Paulus Venetus
* Valascus de Gama
* Garcias ab Horto
* Carolus Clusius

Libri

* *Periplus maris Erythraei*
* *Descriptio mundi* (*Il milione*)
* *Colóquios dos simples e drogas da Índia*
* *Exoticorum libri decem*
 Vide etiam
Imperia in Asia austro-orientali Europaea