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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
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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticataract 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antichilblain 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticold 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Anticoronary 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 1 A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidementia 2 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic 3 Jin, G-Z., Yamagata, Y., and Tomita, K.-i. 1989. Structure of Rutin Pentamethanol. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(2): 297-300, 1990.
Antidiarrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *