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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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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
ISOVITEXIN 4 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
KILOCALORIES 0 Shoot 2950.0 0.16 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
L-PINITOL 0 Leaf *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf *
LEUCINE 2 Root *
LEUCINE 2 Shoot *
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil *
LIMONENE 60 Root Essent. Oil *
LIMONENE 60 Shoot 25.0 270.0 -0.19 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
LINALOL 0 Shoot *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf Essent. Oil *
LINALOOL 53 Shoot Essent. Oil *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
LUTEOLIN 78 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
LYSINE 4 Leaf *
LYSINE 4 Root *
LYSINE 4 Shoot *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Thermogenic 1 *
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tineacide 1 Martindale's 29th
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor 1 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 4 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 5 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 3 Azuma, Y., Onishi, Y., Sato, Y., Kizaki, H. 1995. Effects of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors With Different Modes of Action on Topoisomerase Activity and Death of IL-2-Dependent CTLL-2-Cells. J Biochemistry, 118: 312-318.
Toxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tranquilizer 6 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 6 *
Trematodicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 10 Martindale's 29th
Trichomonistat 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Trypanocide 1 *
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 2 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 7 *