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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
COUMARIN 57 Plant *
CYCLOHEXENONE 0 Shoot *
DEHYDROFALCARINDIOL 5 Root *
DEHYDROFALCARINOL 0 Root 100.0 *
DEHYDROFALCARINONE 0 Root *
DEHYDROFALCARINONOL 0 Root *
DI-O-CAFFEOYL-QUINIC-ACID 1 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
DIACETYLEN 0 Shoot *
DIACETYLENE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil *
DIHYDROCOUMARIN 2 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
DIPHENYL-GLYOXAL 0 Shoot *
DIPHENYL-GLYOXAL 0 Shoot Essent. Oil *
ELEMICIN 16 Essential Oil *
ELEMICIN 16 Shoot 18.4 1.00 *
ELEMICINE 0 Shoot 227.0 2770.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EO 0 Leaf *
EO 0 Plant 1000.0 10000.0 0.02 *
EO 0 Shoot 1000.0 10000.0 -0.03 *
ERIODICTYOL 10 Shoot 75.0 -1.00 *
ESCULETIN 30 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Secretolytic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Sedative 20 Ortiz de Urbina, A.V., Martin*, M.L., Montero, M.J., Moran, A., and San Roman, L. 1988. Sedating and Antipyretic Activity of the Essential Oil of Calamintha sylvatica subsp. Ascendens. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 25: 165-171, 1989.
Serotonin-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Spasmogenic 5 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Stimulant 1 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.
Styptic 1 *
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen 9 *
Surfactant 1 *
Sweetener 6 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Sympathomimetic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Teratogenic 2 *
Teratologic 1 *
Termiticide 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.