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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
P-ETHYL-PHENOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL 26 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant not available 22000.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOCITRIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Bud not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Plant not available 1010.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECANOIC-ACID 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECANOIC-ACID 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Plant not available 22.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Decongestant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Degranulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dentifrice 1 Martindale's 29th
Deodorant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 4 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
DME-Inhibitor 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Edemagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic 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.
Expectorant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FLavor 17 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fumigant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Fungicide 14 Duke, 1992 *
Fungistat 1 Laekeman, G.M., Van Hoof, L., Haemers, A., Vanden Berghe, D.A., Herman, A.G., and Vlietinck, A.J. Eugenol a Valuable Compound for In Vitro Experimental Research and Worthwhile for Further In Vivo Investigation. Phytotherapy Research 4(3): 93, 1990.