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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ulcerogenic 1 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
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.
UV-Screen 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Varroacide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 5 Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 3 Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *