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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Chenopodium ambrosioides (Chenopodiaceae)

Common Names
Epazote, Wormseed
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
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant 440.0 4800.0 2.92 *
ARITASONE 0 Plant 9.0 1400.0 *
ASCARIDOLE 15 Leaf 185.0 18000.0 1.33 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 110.0 1020.0 -0.35 *
ASH 0 Leaf 24000.0 166000.0 0.83 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 35.0 165.0 -0.42 *
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 3000.0 21000.0 0.18 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 76000.0 524000.0 -0.70 *
D-CAMPHOR 0 Plant *
EO 0 Fruit 1830.0 25000.0 -0.33 *
EO 0 Leaf 2000.0 3000.0 -0.75 *
FAT 0 Leaf 7000.0 48000.0 -0.17 *
FAT 0 Seed 25000.0 92000.0 -0.91 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit *
FIBER 15 Leaf 13000.0 90000.0 -0.88 *
GERANIOL 35 Plant *
IRON 6 Plant 52.0 -0.68 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 420.0 900.0 -3.41 *
L-PINOCARVONE 0 Plant 1040.0 11400.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acaricide 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidifier 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic 2 (View) *
Allelopathic 2 (View) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 7 (View) *
Analgesic 7 (View) *
Anaphrodisiac 1 (View) *
Ancylostomicide 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Anthelmintic 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 2 (View) *
Antiacne 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *