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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTEMISININ | 15 | Flower | 100.0 | 5000.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ARTEMISININ | 15 | Leaf | 10.0 | 13800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARTEMISININ-B | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARTEMISININ-C | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARTEMISINOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ARTEMISITENE | 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. |
| ARTEMISITINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ARTEMISYL-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ASCARIDOLE | 15 | Shoot | 10.0 | 400.0 | 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. |
| ASTRAGALIN | 7 | 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. |
| AXILLARIN | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BAURENOL | 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. |
| BENZYL-3-METHYL-BUTYRATE | 0 | Leaf | 10.0 | 360.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMYRIN | 9 | 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. |
| BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE | 4 | 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. |
| BETA-ARTEANNUAN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991. |
| BETA-CADINENE | 0 | Leaf | 5.0 | 200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Plant | 15.0 | 2240.0 | 2.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Leaf | 55.0 | 1775.0 | 4.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Plant | 3.0 | 80.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Cosmetic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Counterirritant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Culicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inducer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytotoxic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Decongestant | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Decongestant? | 1 | Eccles, R., et al. 1989. The effects of oral administration of (-)-menthol on nasal resistance to airflow and nasal sensation of airflow in subjects suffering from nasal congestion associated with the common cold. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 652-654, 1990. |
| Degranulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Deliriant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Dentifrice | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Dermatitigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |