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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
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPYLBENZENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-TERPINEN-4-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
11-ALPHA-H-GALLICIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,6,10-TRIMETHYL-CIS-7,10-OXIDO-DODECA-3E,11-DIEN-2-OL-5-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA,8-ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-4(15),9-GERMACRANDIEN-12,6-OLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA,8-ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-6-ALPHAH,7H,11BETAH-GERMACRANDIEN-5(14)... 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,4'-DIHYDROXY-6,7,3'-TRIMETHOXY-FLAVONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GUAIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJONE 6 Plant 580.0 773.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARTEINCULTONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARTEMETIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARTEMISIA-ALCOHOL 0 Plant not available 145.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GUAIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 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
Carminative 2 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 3 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Convulsant 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 3 Martindale's 28th
Culicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclin-B1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclin-D1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Decongestant 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Degranulant 1 Duke, 1992 *