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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *
(E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTOL 0 Shoot 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 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Shoot 1.0 9320.0 0.00 *
2,2,6-TRIHYDROXYCHROMONE 0 Shoot 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 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 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 *
3,5-DIHYDROXY-6,7,3',4'-TETRAMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3-ISOBUTYLCADIN-4-EN-11-OL 0 Plant 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 *
4,5-SECOCADINANE 0 Plant 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 *
5,7,8,3'-TETRAHYDROXY-3,4'-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
5-NONDECYLRESORCINOL-3-O-METHYL-ETHER 0 Shoot 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 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
6,7-DEHYDROARTEMISINIC-ACID 0 Plant 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 *
6-METHOXYKAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot 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 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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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antinephritic 1 *
Antineuralgic 2 *
Antineuritic 1 *
Antinitrosaminic 3 *
Antinociceptive 9 Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antiobesity 1 *
Antiodontalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiotitic 1 *
Antioxidant 20 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL) 2 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiparkinsonian 1 *
Antipeptic 1 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic 4 *
Antiperistaltic 2 *
Antipermeability 1 *
Antiperoxidant 2 Planta Medica, 57: A110, 1991.
AntiPGE2 1 *