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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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
Antispasmodic 5 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antistaphylococcic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antisunburn 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitachycardic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitrypanosomic 1 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitumor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 4 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antiulcer 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaricose 1 Duke, 1992 *