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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
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 *
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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 *