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

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
(E)-2-DIHYDROXY-4-METHOXY-4-METHOXYCINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ETHER 0 Plant *
(E)-ARTEMIDIN 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(Z)-ARTEMIDIN 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
1,2-DIMETHOXY-4-ALLYL-BENZENE 0 Shoot *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Essential Oil 68800.0 -0.23 *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 50000.0 -0.61 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Shoot 50.0 500.0 -0.13 *
1-(BUT-2-YNYL)-ISOCOUMARIN 0 Root 270.0 *
1-(BUT-2-YNYL)-ISOCOUMARIN 0 Shoot 42.0 *
2,4,6-TRIMETHOXYCINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 0 Shoot 11.0 *
2-CARBOXYARABINITOL 0 Leaf 903.0 1.95 Moore, B. D., Isidoro, E., Seemann, J. R. 1993. Distribution of 2-Carboxyarabinitol Among Plants. Phytochemistry 34 3: 703-707. Dept. Biochem. Univ. Nevada Reno 89557, USA.
2-HEPTANONE 0 Plant *
2-HYDROXY-4-METHOXY-TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID 0 Leaf 143.0 *
3',5'-DIHYDROXY-4',7-DIMETHOXY-FLAVANONE 0 Shoot 16.0 *
3,4',5-TRIHYDROXY-3',7-DIMETHOXY-FLAVANONE 0 Shoot 312.0 *
3,4',5-TRIHYDROXY-7-METHOXY-FLAVANONE 0 Shoot 250.0 *
3-(BUT-CIS-1-YNYL)-ISOCOUMARIN 0 Root 1500.0 *
3-(BUT-TRANS-1-YNYL)-5-HYDROXY-ISOCOUMARIN 0 Root 50.0 *
3-(BUT-TRANS-1-YNYL)-8-HYDROXY-ISOCOUMARIN 0 Root 15.0 *
3-(BUT-TRANS-1-YNYL)-ISOCOUMARIN 0 Root 100.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hepatoprotective 21 *
Hepatotonic 1 *
Hepatotoxic 4 *
Hepatotropic 2 *
Herbicide 14 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 *
Histaminic 1 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 3 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
Hyperthermic 1 HerbalGram No. 22 - Spring 1990, page 45.
Hypnotic 2 Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990.
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 14 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.