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
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 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiseborrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	8	Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling	1	Planta Medica, 56(6): 681, 1990.
Antispasmodic	7	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisyndrome-X	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
Antitartar	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombic	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitubercular	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	8	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *