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Common Names
Tarragon
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLUTAMINE | 5 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTA-4,6-DIYNE-1,3-DIOL | 0 | Shoot | not available | 22.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HERNIARIN | 12 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HERNIARIN | 12 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HERNIARIN | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HERNIARIN | 12 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HESPERETIN | 8 | Shoot | not available | 75.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISPIDULIN | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| HYPEROSIDE | 30 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INULOBIOSE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Plant | 320.0 | 350.0 | -0.33 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ISOEUGENOL | 16 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| ISOFRAXIDIN | 5 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISORHAMNETIN | 11 | Plant | not available | 7.0 | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| ISOTHUJONE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 20000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOTHUJONE | 0 | Shoot | 20.0 | 200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Bradycardic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Bronchodilator | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Bronchomucolytic | 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 200. |
| Bronchomucotropic | 1 | Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994. |
| Bronchoprotectant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bronchorelaxant | 3 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Bronchorrheic | 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 200. |
| Bruchifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Bruchiphobe | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Antagonist? | 1 | Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991. |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calmodulin-Antagonist | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| cAMP-Inhibitor | 1 | Schussler, M., Fricke, U., Nikolov, N., and Holzl, J. 1991. Comparison of the Flavonoids Occurring in Crataegus species and Inhibition of 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Phosphodiesterase. Plant Medica 57: Suppl Issue 2. p.A-133. |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Cancer-Preventive | 71 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 17 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
| Candidistat | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Capillarifortificant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Capillarigenic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |