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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
PROTEIN 0 Seed 315000.0 0.72 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Shoot 228000.0 247000.0 0.33 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Leaf 3.0 17.0 -0.88 *
QUERCETIN 176 Shoot *
QUERCETIN-3'-METHYLETHER 2 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
QUERCETIN-3-(BETA-D-GALACTOFURANOSYL-6-BETA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE) 0 Shoot *
QUERCETIN-3-(D-GALACTOFURANOSYL-6-BETA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE 0 Shoot *
QUERCETIN-3-(D-GLUCOFURANOSYL-6-BETA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE 0 Shoot *
QUERCETIN-3-GLYCO-GALACTOSIDE 0 Plant *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 2 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
RHAMNETIN 18 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
RHAMNOSE 0 Leaf *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Plant 13.0 14.0 0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RIBOSE 0 Leaf *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
RUTIN 87 Leaf *
RUTIN 87 Shoot 100.0 560.0 -0.53 *
SABINENE 5 Shoot 370.0 3700.0 3.64 *
SALICYLATES 7 Leaf 35.0 350.0 0.18 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Leaf 3.0 -1.00 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 3 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Uricogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 2 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotrophic 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
UV-Screen 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Varroacide 1 *
Vasodilator 15 *
Vasopressor 1 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 4 *
Vermicide 1 *
Vermifuge 1 *
Verrucolytic 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vibriocide 2 *
Vulnerary 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 10 Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229