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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
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
Anticolic 1 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 5 *
Anticonvulsant 9 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticoronary 3 *
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 *
AntiCVI 1 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidandruff 3 A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 5 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant 10 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant? 1 *
Antidermatic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic 5 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatotic 1 *
Antidiabetic 13 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiabetic? 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.