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
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
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 *