Plant Artemisia dracunculus (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Tarragon

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
FERULIC-ACID	61	Leaf	not available	38.0	2.44	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Plant	74000.0	80000.0	-1.06	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FRUCTOSE	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GABA	22	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID	22	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Essential Oil	not available	56900.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Shoot	105.0	1040.0	0.32	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GENTISIC-ACID	8	Leaf	not available	150.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitrypanosomic	2	Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	28	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Breast)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (GI)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	2	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Liver)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Mouth)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	8	Duke, 1992 *