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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAALIENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHOL | 63 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-ACETATE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-PINOCARVONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | 12.0 | 2040.0 | 1.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENAL | 5 | Leaf | 6.0 | 200.0 | 3.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENAL | 5 | Shoot | 5.0 | 200.0 | -0.04 | 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. |
| MYRTENOL | 2 | Leaf | 3.0 | 40.0 | -0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENOL | 2 | Shoot | 6.0 | 240.0 | 0.15 | 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. |
| NERYL-ACETATE | 5 | Plant | 12.0 | 160.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONACOSANOL | 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. |
| NORANNUIC-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. |
| O-CYMENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCIMENE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTACOSANOL | 6 | 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. |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | 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. |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Shoot | 10.0 | 400.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-ETHYLCUMENE | 0 | Leaf | 1.0 | 130.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Fungicide | 19 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroirritant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gastroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastrosedative | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemorrhagic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hemostat | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 12 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |