Wormwood common

In Desert ecosystems similar to Steppe ecosystems the plants distinctly exhibit their biogeochemical specificity. We can consider the distribution of heavy metals in Dry Desert ecosystems of the Ustyurt Plateau, Kazakhstan, with predominance of wormwood (Artemisia terrae albae) and saxaul (Anabasis salsa). In rubble stone territories, of common occurrence is the dense shrubbery of Sasola anbuscula. Most elements found in the wormwood occur in their highest concentrations. In the roots of the wormwood and saxaul, higher contents of Mn, Cu, Mo, and Sr have been monitored, whereas the aerial parts contain more Ti, V, and Zr. We can see that the root elements are most biologically active and those in aerial parts, more inert. Possibly their presence was related to the dust exposure and deposition on the plant exterior (see above). 

Source Formic acid naturally occurs in carrots, soybean roots, carob, yarrow, aloe, Levant berries, bearberries, wormwood, ylang-ylang, celandine, jimsonweed, water mint, apples, tomatoes, bay leaves, common juniper, ginkgo, scented boronia, corn mint, European pennyroyal, and bananas (Duke, 1992). 

In this country such remedies as Tansy and Wormwood are more commonly prescribed in the treatment of worms. 

RELOLLIUM — A Secret Virtue, such as Common Wormwood. It is its first virtue that it drives away worms. The second virtue is that it is of a warm and healthy nature. 

Artemisia vulgaris (common wormwood) contains the toxic lactone, santonin, which was formerly used as an antihelminthic drug, but has now been superseded by other less toxic compounds. Depending on the origin of the plant, 1,8-cineole, camphor, hnalool, and thujone may all be major components. Allergic skin reactions (12) and abortive activity have been described. 

Artemisea annua (qinghaosu) Artemisia absinthium (wormwood) Artemisia etna (wormseed) Artemisia vulgaris (common wormwood)... 

Valeriana (vaierian) Vaierianaceae (vaierian) Common wormwood Artemisia vulgaris... 

O 19.33%. A bitter principle isolated from Artemisia absinthium L., Compositae (wormwood). Isoln F. Sorm et aL, Chem. A Ind. (London) 1955, 569 V. Herout el a/., Coif. Czech. Chem. Common. 21, 1485 (1956). Structure L. 

Chamazulene, 7-Ethyl-L4-dimethylazulene 1,4-dimethyl-7-ethylazulene dimethulene. CUH]6 mol wt 184.27. C 91.25%, H 8.75%. Anti-inflammatory principle obtained Irom chamazulenogenic compds found in chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.), wormwood (Artemisia absinthium L.), and yarrow (AchiUea millefolium L Compo-sitae). Isoln Ruzicka, Rudolph, HeJv. Ot/m. Acta 9, 118 (1926) Ruzicka, Haagen-Smit, ibid. 14, 1104 (1931). Structure Sorm et at. Coll Czech. Chem, Common. 18, 527... 

Traditional use Preparations of the plant are used in folk medicine as a sedative for anxiety and cardiac neurosis, as well as for hysterics, epilepsy, gastric spasms, and menstrual period disturbance (Kovaleva 1971). A leaf decoction is used to treat toothaches, chest and stomach diseases, and for bloated abdomens. A decoction and infusion of the herb, together with decoction of common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), is used as a bath to treat various skin diseases (Khalmatov... 

Artemisinin, a sesquiterpene lactone endoperoxide and isolated from aerial parts of Artemisia annua L. plants (family Asteraceae commonly known as sweet wormwood), is popular as a potent, promising, highly effective, safe, and best therapeutic agent against drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium sp. The low yield of artemisinin content, is a serious limitation to its ability and affordablity to the most malaria sufferers. The chemically synthesized artemisinin is also costly due to low yield of the process. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the use of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), for the first-line treatment of malaria. To date, A. annua L. 

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Common/vemacular names Absinthe, absinthe grande, absinthium, armoise, common wormwood, wermut, wermutkraut, and wormwood. 

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