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U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Artemisia annua (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Qinghao, Sweet Annie, Annual Mugwort (GRIN), Annual Wormwood (GRIN), Sweet Wormwood (GRIN)
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
(E)-6-METHYL-3,5-HEPTADIEN-2-ONE 0 Leaf 25.0 375.0 *
(E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTOL 0 Shoot Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 2360.0 6600.0 0.32 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Shoot 1.0 9320.0 0.00 *
2,2,6-TRIHYDROXYCHROMONE 0 Shoot Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
2,2-DIHYDROXY-6-METHOXYCHROMONE 0 Shoot Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
2,3-DIHYDRO-1,8-CINEOLE 0 Shoot 1.0 40.0 Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
3,3,6-TRIMETHYL-HEPTA-1,5-DIEN-4-OL 0 Plant *
3,5-DIHYDROXY-6,7,3',4'-TETRAMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3-ISOBUTYLCADIN-4-EN-11-OL 0 Plant Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
3-METHYL-PINOCARVONE 0 Plant *
4,5-SECOCADINANE 0 Plant Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
5,2',4'-TRIHYDROXY-6,7,5'-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
5,7,8,3'-TETRAHYDROXY-3,4'-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
5-NONDECYLRESORCINOL-3-O-METHYL-ETHER 0 Shoot Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
6,7,3',4'-TETRA-O-METHYL-QUERCETAGETIN 0 Leaf Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
6,7-DEHYDROARTEMISINIC-ACID 0 Plant Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
6-METHOXYKAEMPFEROL 0 Plant *
6-METHOXYKAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
7-HYDROXY-6,8-DIMETHOXYCOUMARIN 0 Shoot Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 3 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 3 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Acaricide 7 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Aedifuge 1 (View) *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 20 (View) *
Allelochemic 7 (View) *
Allelopathic 5 (View) *
Allergenic 14 (View) Martindale's 29th
Analgesic 15 (View) Martindale's 28th
Ancylostomicide 2 (View) *
Androgenic 2 (View) *
Anesthetic 8 (View) Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Ankylostomacide 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.