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Plant Artemisia dracunculus (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Tarragon
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
O-CRESOL 6 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
OCIMENE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCIMENE 2 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
P-CRESOL 8 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil not available 24700.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Leaf not available 14.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYCOUMARIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-1,8-DIENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-1,8-DIENE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE 2 Leaf Essent. Oil 5000.0 45000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE 2 Seed 45.0 450.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE 2 Seed Essent. Oil not available 45000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE 2 Shoot 5.0 450.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE 2 Shoot Essent. Oil not available 6000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXYCINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXYCINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 0 Shoot 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
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 9 Martindale's 28th
Antirhinitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Antisalmonella 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 36 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antiserotonic 1 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 15(4): 199, 1990+
Antiserotonin 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 3 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling 6 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisindhis 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisinusitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 36 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.