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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.
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
Antimelanomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenopausal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimutagenic 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinephritic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antioncychomycotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 14 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic 1 Duke, 1992 *