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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
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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 4 Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992).
Antiviral 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Ascaricide 1 HerbalGram No. 24, page 37.
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Ataxigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Beta-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 6 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 5 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Carcinogenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Cardioprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *