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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 6 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210.
Hepatotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hyperuricemic 1 Martindale's 28th
Hypocholesterolemic 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hypoglycemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 1 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Insectifuge 4 Grainge, M. and Ahmed, S., Handbook of Plants with Pest-Control Properties, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1988, 470.
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Juvabional 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.