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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiPMS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiproliferant	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *