Plant Chenopodium ambrosioides (Chenopodiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Epazote; Wormseed

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
LEUCINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHADIENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	5.0	40.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Leaf	365.0	4400.0	3.26	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMOL	0	Plant	730.0	8000.0	1.27	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	520.0	3585.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	not available	156000.0	0.62	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	38000.0	262000.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	3.0	19.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS	5	Root	not available	25000.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	10.0	70.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
SPINASTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINYL-ACETATE	5	Plant	not available	75.0	-1.40	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Preservative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Prooxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Xu, L. N., Yu, W. G., Tian, J. Y., Liu, Q. Y. 1990. Effect of Sodium Ferulate on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 25(6): 412-416.
Psychoactive	1	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.
Sedative	6	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Sequestrant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue	1	Martindale's 29th
Spasmogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen	1	Chemical Marketing Reporter; a weekly tabloid, 9/10/92.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tranquilizer	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal	3	Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Trypanocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th