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
Larvistat	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	1	=ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lubricant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator	1	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Mucogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Nematicide	2	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nephrotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	2	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Oviposition-Stimulant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PAF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *