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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
Antimelanomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenopausal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinociceptive 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiosteoporotic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 4 Duke, 1992 *