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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
GAMMA-ELEMENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HERBOLIDE-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HERBOLIDE-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HERBOLIDE-C 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HERBOLIDE-D 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HERBOLIDE-E 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HERBOLIDE-F 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HERBOLIDE-G 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HERBOLIDE-H 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HERBOLIDE-I 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Plant 710.0 820.0 0.23 Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCHAFTOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYRATOL 0 Plant not available 348.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant not available 2060.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENAL 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-EICOSANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTADECANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTADECANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 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.