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Plant Artemisia capillaris (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Capillary Wormwood
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-(2'-METHOXYPHENYL0-2,4-HEXADIYNE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,5-DIMETHOXYALLYL-BENZENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4'-METHYLCAPILLARISIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-PHENYL-1,3-PENTADIYNE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-PHENYL-1,3-PENTADIYNE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-PHENYL-1,3-PENTADIYNE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-PHENYL-1,3-PENTADIYNE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6,7-DIMETHYLESCULETIN 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-DEMETHOXY-4'-METHYLCAPILLARISIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-DEMETHOXYCAPILLARISIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-METHYLCAPILLARISIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLBORNEOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AESCULETIN-6,7-DIMETHYL-ETHER 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AESCULETIN-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AESCULETIN-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Convulsant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Cosmetic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 1 Martindale's 29th
COX-1-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytoprotective 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.
Cytotoxic 4 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.