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Plant Artemisia absinthium (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Wormwood
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
ISORHAMNETIN-3-0-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KETOPELENOLIDES 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIRIORESINOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MATRISIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-3-(5-PROP-1-YNE-1YL-THIENYL-(2)-PROPIONATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PATUELTIN-3-0-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf 16.0 32.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PATULETIN-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 16.0 32.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHELLANDRENE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PINENE 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPECOLIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 258000.0 334000.0 0.89 Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUEBRACHITOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITIN-3-0-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITIN-3-0-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 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.