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
MAGNESIUM	65	Plant	not available	3470.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
MALTOSE	2	Leaf	1490.0	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Plant	not available	80.0	-0.12	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MENTHOL	63	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL	63	Shoot	50.0	500.0	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHONE	30	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHONE	30	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-AMYL-KETONE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CHAVICOL	6	Plant	172.0	7000.0	0.46	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-EUGENOL	20	Plant	290.0	2900.0	2.73	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
METHYL-ISOEUGENOL	15	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ISOEUGENOL	15	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Shoot	80.0	1000.0	0.80	Duke, 1992 *
N-HENTRIACONTANE	3	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARINGENIN	56	Shoot	44.0	97.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	670000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	Shoot	670.0	6700.0	3.46	Duke, 1992 *
NEROLIDOL	11	Shoot	not available	238.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Plant	not available	90.0	0.19	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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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
Capillariprotective	2	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic?	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiac	2	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	8	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular	2	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Carminative	6	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.
Caspase-3-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	3	Tramil
Cerebrodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotoxic	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 24.
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	12	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	6	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	19	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *