Parthenolide from the aerial parts of Tanacetum larvatum

The genus Tanacetum L. comprises ca 150 species that commonly occur in Europe from the Mediterranean to Persia. Tanacetum larvatum (Gris.) Kanitz, the examination of which is reported, is distributed on elevated rocky terrains in Albania, Serbia (Kosovo) and Montenegro. Aerial parts of T. larvatum were collected in Montenegro on two locations: crop a on mountain Komovi (altitutude 1800 m, 12 July 1998) and crop b on mountain Babji Zub (altitude ca 1500 m, 30 June 1999)