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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
Sprout-Inhibitor 1 Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Stimulant 1 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.
Stomachic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Surfactant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Tracheorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 4 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 4 Martindale's 29th
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Urinary-Antiseptic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Varroacide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Verrucolytic 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vibriocide 1 Wealth of India.