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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESCULETIN | 30 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ESCULETIN-DIMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCULETIN-DIMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Essential Oil | 100000.0 | 776300.0 | 0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 690000.0 | 0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 650000.0 | 1.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Shoot | 100.0 | 8100.0 | 1.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Shoot Essent. Oil | 750000.0 | 814000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRAGONOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 8.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | 5300.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | not available | 381000.0 | 0.61 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FAT | 0 | Shoot | 72000.0 | 78000.0 | 0.59 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Ciliotoxic | 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. |
| Circulotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Clastogenic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| CNS-Active | 2 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| CNS-Depressant | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Inhibitor | 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. |
| CNS-Stimulant | 7 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Co-carcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Coleoptophile | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collagen-Sparing | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collyrium | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Colorant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Comedolytic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| COMT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Congestant | 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. |
| Contraceptive | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Convulsant | 4 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Copper-Antagonist | 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 |