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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
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Leaf *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root *
ATEMITIN 0 Shoot *
BENZYL-DIACETYLENE 0 Root *
BENZYL-DIACETYLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 2.0 74.0 -0.82 *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Shoot *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Shoot 100.0 1070.0 4.04 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil *
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Shoot *
BIOQUERCETIN 0 Shoot *
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf 7640.0 0.34 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Shoot *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 11390.0 12340.0 -0.13 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAMPESTEROL 2 Shoot 30.0 1.00 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticariogenic 6 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticatarrh 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic 4 *
Anticerebrotic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 *
AntiCFS 2 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic 1 *
Anticholinesterase 1 *
Antichoreic 2 Martindale's 29th
Anticlastogen 3 *
Anticlimacteric 3 *
Anticoagulant 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 *