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Plant Artemisia dracunculus (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Tarragon
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hepatoprotective 21 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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.