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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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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
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf 38.0 2.44 *
FIBER 15 Plant 74000.0 80000.0 -1.06 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FRUCTOSE 8 Leaf *
FRUCTOSE 8 Root *
GABA 22 Shoot *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Leaf *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Root *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Essential Oil 56900.0 -0.05 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Shoot 105.0 1040.0 0.32 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Leaf 150.0 1.00 *
GERANIOL 35 Shoot *
GERANIOL 35 Shoot Essent. Oil *
GLUCOSE 7 Leaf *
GLUCOSE 7 Root *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Leaf *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Root *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Shoot *
GLUTAMINE 5 Leaf *
GLUTAMINE 5 Root *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 5 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 1 *
Prostatitigenic 1 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 3 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 1 *
Psychoactive 1 *
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 3 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 4 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 3 *
Refrigerant 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.
Respirainhibitor 2 Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Respirodepressant 1 *
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Rodenticide 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Rubefacient 3 *
Schistosomicide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue 4 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.