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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
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARCAPILLIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Plant not available 0.2 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
AZULENE 10 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-COPAENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GURJUNENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant not available 15200.0 0.17 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPILLANOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPILLARIN 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPILLARISIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPILLARTEMISINS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPILLENE 0 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.