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Common Names
Mugwort
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUDESMANES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 8000.0 | 63000.0 | 0.13 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FERNENOL | 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. |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 34000.0 | 267700.0 | 1.31 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| GAMMA-CADINOL | 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. |
| HEPTADECA-1,7,9-TRIENE-11,13,15-TRIYNE | 0 | Flower | not available | 10.9 | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| INULIN | 19 | Root | not available | 100000.0 | -0.85 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| IODINE | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205. |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 15.0 | 118.0 | -0.62 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| IRON | 6 | Plant | 1200.0 | 3900.0 | 3.85 | Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205. |
| ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-RHAMNODIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | 350.0 | 2755.0 | -0.42 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| LEAD | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205. |
| LINALOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | 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. |
| LINALYL-ACETATE | 7 | 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. |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Shoot | not available | 2700.0 | -0.66 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | 160.0 | 170.0 | 0.52 | Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205. |
| MOLYBDENUM | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Choleretic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cholinergic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Circulotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Depressant | 3 | Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp. |
| CNS-Stimulant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Toxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Coleoptophile | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Colorant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Comedogenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Contraceptive | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Convulsant | 2 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Copper-Antagonist | 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 |
| Cosmetic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Counterirritant | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Culicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |