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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 12 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticatarrh 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticholinesterase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th