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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
PATULETIN-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PATULETIN-3-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant not available 1790.0 -0.86 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant not available 12400.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-0-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTOLINA-ALCOHOL 0 Plant not available 290.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTONIN 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCHAFTOSIDE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Plant not available 250.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL 71 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TORRENTIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VICENIN-2 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
YOMOGI-ALCOHOL 0 Plant not available 174.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Plant 10.0 21.0 -0.31 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
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 1 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiarrhythmic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *