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
2,3-DIEPI-ARTABSINOLIDE-C	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,6-DIHYDROCHAMAZULENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,7-DIOXABICYCL-(3,3,0)-OCTANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5,6-DIHYDROCHAMAZULENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-3,6,7,3',4'-PENTAMETHOXYFLAVONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ABSINTHIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACHILLICIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJONE	6	Leaf	not available	1750.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
ANABSIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANABSININ	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANABSINTHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABSIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARTABASIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARTABIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARTABSINOLIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARTEMETIN	7	Leaf	not available	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARTEMOLINS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARTENISETIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARTHAMARIDIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARTHAMARIDININE	0	Plant	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
Hypercholesterolemic	1	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperthermic	1	HerbalGram No. 22 - Spring 1990, page 45.
Hypocholesterolemic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	4	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinotonic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Larvicide	2	Misra, L.N. and Singh, S.P. Alpha-Thujone, The Major Component Of The Essential Oil From Artemisia vulgaris Growing Wild In Nilgiri Hills. Journal of Natural Products, 49: 941, 1986.