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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiatherogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillus | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 31 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Antibronchitic | 4 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antibronchoconstrictor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibrucellosic | 1 | Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990. |
| Antiburn | 1 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Anticancer | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 2 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Anticancer (Kidney) | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Pancreas) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Prostate) | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinomic | 3 | Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al) |
| Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Anticariogenic | 8 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |