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Plant Artemisia herba-alba (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Desert Wormwood
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-THUJONE 5 Plant 580.0 773.0 0.46 Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Plant not available 319.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CADALENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALACORENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR 41 Plant 580.0 773.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Plant not available 244300.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMYL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available 899.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINEOLE 0 Plant not available 194.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Plant 7.0 14.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEACETYLHERBOLIDE-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROREYNOSIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROSANTAMARIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROXYGERMACRANDIENOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant not available 2900.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 3 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 3 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Abortifacient 3 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 2 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Ancylostomicide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ankylostomacide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholine 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.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 4 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.