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Common Names
Epazote; Wormseed
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARITASONE | 0 | Plant | 9.0 | 1400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCARIDOLE | 15 | Leaf | 185.0 | 18000.0 | 1.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 110.0 | 1020.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 24000.0 | 166000.0 | 0.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 35.0 | 165.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTYRIC-ACID | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 3000.0 | 21000.0 | 0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 76000.0 | 524000.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-CAMPHOR | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Fruit | 1830.0 | 25000.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | 2000.0 | 3000.0 | -0.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 7000.0 | 48000.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 13000.0 | 90000.0 | -0.88 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Plant | not available | 52.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | 420.0 | 900.0 | -3.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-PINOCARVONE | 0 | Plant | 1040.0 | 11400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAGE | 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 |
| Antiaggregant | 3 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Antiaging | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiallergic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antialzheimeran? | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antianxiety | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |