Plant Artemisia absinthium (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Wormwood

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
ARTHAMARIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARTHAMARININ	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	1200.0	2600.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	not available	66000.0	0.55	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	not available	500.0	1.04	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-THUJONE	5	Leaf	not available	1750.0	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADINENE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHAMAZULENE	10	Leaf	not available	1700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-EPOXYOCIMENE	0	Leaf	800.0	5700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	2500.0	17000.0	0.48	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	334000.0	381000.0	6.47	Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYPELENOLIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INULOBIOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOABSINTHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Leaf	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
Apoptotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Ascaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Merck 11th Edition
Autotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive	9	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Capillarigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective	1	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	5	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	4	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Clastogenic	1	Friedman, M. and Dao, L. 1990. Effect of Autoclaving and Conventional and Microwave Baking on the Ergot Alkaloid and Chlorogenic Acid Contents of Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor Cav. cv.) Heavenly Blue Seeds. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 805-808.