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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
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
Antiepileptic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 5 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antihalitosic 2 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *