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
Parasiticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide	20	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Plasmodicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Preservative	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Prooxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Secretogogue	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic	3	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Sunscreen	2	Duke, 1992 *
Sweetener	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Thermogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).