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Plant Artemisia abrotanum (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Southernwood
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
ABROTINE 2 Plant 20000.0 30000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ADENINE 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADENOSINE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARTEMISITIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALYCANTHOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant 1800.0 21000.0 0.86 Duke, 1992 *
GUANINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOFRAXIDIN 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUEBRACHITOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLIN 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 4 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenergic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiasthmatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *