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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Artemisia herba-alba (Asteraceae)

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Ontina

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Emmenagogue Africa Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Enteritis Egypt *
Gastritis Egypt *
Spasm Egypt *
Vermifuge Africa Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Vermifuge Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.