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
ALPHA-CEDRENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	not available	10000.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Shoot	100.0	1000.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PROSTAGLANDIN-F-2	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ANETHOLE	36	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE	36	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ANISALDEHYDE	7	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANISIC-ACID	6	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANISIC-ACID	6	Shoot	8.0	80.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANISIC-ALCOHOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANISIC-ALCOHOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANISOLE	4	Shoot	10.0	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANNAGENIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ARGININE	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *