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
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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antihangover	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinfertility	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	2	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.