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Plant Artemisia vulgaris (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Mugwort
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
RUTIN 87 Plant not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
SCOPOLETIN 44 Plant not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
SPATHULENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STRONTIUM 0 Plant 28.0 50.0 -0.68 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
SULFUR 14 Plant 2300.0 2800.0 -0.45 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
TAUREMISIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEOL 18 Plant not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
TETRACOSANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TETRADEC-6-EN-8,10,12-TRIYNE-1-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
TETRADECA-4,6-DIENE-8,10,12-TRIYNE-1-OL 0 Root not available 1.2 not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
TETRADECA-6-ENE-8,10,12-TRIYNE-3-ONE 0 Root not available 17.4 not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 1.5 12.0 0.77 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TITANIUM 0 Plant 130.0 290.0 1.27 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
TRANS-DEHYDROMATRICARIA-ESTER 2 Root not available 1.4 not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
TRIDECA-1,3,5-TRIENE-7,9,11-TRIYNE 0 Root not available 0.1 not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Plant not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
VULGARIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VULGAROL 0 Flower not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
VULGAROLE 0 Plant not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiulcer 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 4 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.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Bacteristat 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Barbituate-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bifidogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe 1 Duke, 1992 *