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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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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