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Plant Artemisia annua (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN)
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(E)-6-METHYL-3,5-HEPTADIEN-2-ONE 0 Leaf 25.0 375.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTOL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 2360.0 6600.0 0.32 Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Shoot 1.0 9320.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
2,2,6-TRIHYDROXYCHROMONE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
2,2-DIHYDROXY-6-METHOXYCHROMONE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
2,3-DIHYDRO-1,8-CINEOLE 0 Shoot 1.0 40.0 not available Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
3,3,6-TRIMETHYL-HEPTA-1,5-DIEN-4-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,5-DIHYDROXY-6,7,3',4'-TETRAMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3-ISOBUTYLCADIN-4-EN-11-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
3-METHYL-PINOCARVONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4,5-SECOCADINANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
5,2',4'-TRIHYDROXY-6,7,5'-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,7,8,3'-TETRAHYDROXY-3,4'-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-NONDECYLRESORCINOL-3-O-METHYL-ETHER 0 Shoot not available not available not available Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
6,7,3',4'-TETRA-O-METHYL-QUERCETAGETIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
6,7-DEHYDROARTEMISINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
6-METHOXYKAEMPFEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-METHOXYKAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
7-HYDROXY-6,8-DIMETHOXYCOUMARIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.

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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 3 (View Chemicals list for (-)-Chronotropic) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 3 (View Chemicals list for (-)-Inotropic) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 (View Chemicals list for 11B-HSD-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View Chemicals list for 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 (View Chemicals list for Abortifacient) Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 7 (View Chemicals list for Acaricide) Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 6 (View Chemicals list for ACE-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for AChE-Inhibitor) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Aedifuge 1 (View Chemicals list for Aedifuge) Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 20 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 7 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic) Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 5 (View Chemicals list for Allelopathic) Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 14 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic) Martindale's 29th
Analgesic 15 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic) Martindale's 28th
Ancylostomicide 2 (View Chemicals list for Ancylostomicide) Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 2 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic) Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 8 (View Chemicals list for Anesthetic) Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Angiogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Angiogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Ankylostomacide 1 (View Chemicals list for Ankylostomacide) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.