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Plant Artemisia absinthium (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Wormwood
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
RUTIN 87 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINACETIN-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available 80.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINACETIN-3-0-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 16.0 32.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 40000.0 77000.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
THUJYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THUJYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THUJYL-PALMITATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-DEHYDROMATRICARIA-ESTER 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-EPOXYOCIMENE 0 Leaf 800.0 5700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SAQBINYL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SPIROKETALENOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *