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Plant Artemisia pallens (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Davana
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
DAVANA-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAVANA-ETHER 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAVANAFURANS 0 Plant 10.0 46.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DAVANONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDRO-ALPHA-LINALOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant 1300.0 5800.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
ESTERS 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL 24 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FENCHYL-ALCOHOL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROCARBONS 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISODAVANONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAVENDER-LACTONE 0 Plant 39.0 174.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEDENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LILAC-ALCOHOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LILAC-ALDEHYDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Plant 4.0 17.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
NORDAVANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPATHULENOL 0 Plant 44.0 197.0 0.67 Duke, 1992 *
T-CADINOL 0 Plant 38.0 168.0 1.70 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 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
CNS-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant 1 Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
FLavor 4 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective 1 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Hepatoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Herbicide 1 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.
Hypertensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Hypotensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 2 Duke, 1992 *
Irritant 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Larvicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mucotropic 1 Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Nematicide 1 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Neurogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *