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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Artemisia absinthium (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Wormwood
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ISORHAMNETIN-3-0-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 1 Leaf *
KETOPELENOLIDES 0 Plant *
LIRIORESINOL 0 Plant *
MATRISIN 0 Plant *
METHYL-3-(5-PROP-1-YNE-1YL-THIENYL-(2)-PROPIONATE 0 Plant *
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Plant *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant *
P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID 0 Plant *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant *
PATUELTIN-3-0-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf 16.0 32.0 *
PATULETIN-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 16.0 32.0 *
PHELLANDRENE 4 Plant *
PINENE 12 Plant *
PIPECOLIC-ACID 2 Plant *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 258000.0 334000.0 0.89 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Plant *
QUEBRACHITOL 0 Plant *
QUERCITIN-3-0-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
QUERCITIN-3-0-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Emmenagogue 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 2 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 4 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 6 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Fungistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungitoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Gastroprotective 1 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Glutathione-Depleting 1 *
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat 1 *
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 4 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatotoxic 1 *
Herbicide 1 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.
Herbistat 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 1 *