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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trypanocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trypsin-Enhancer | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tumorigenic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Urinary-Antiseptic | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Uterosedative | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Uterotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uterotrophic | 2 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasopressor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermifuge | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Verrucolytic | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Vibriocide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |