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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
TERPINYL-SALICYLATE	0	Plant	not available	75.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	0.6	4.0	-0.90	Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTYL-ALCOHOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIMETHYLAMINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UREASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	855000.0	0.24	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifatigue	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflatulent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.