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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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 4 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihypertensive 3 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antihyperthyroid 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotrienogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).