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Artemisia vulgaris

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 31 constituent measurements and 2 adverse-effect records for Artemisia vulgaris. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Artemisia vulgaris L.

31Constituent measurements
2Safety records
4Cited sources
86Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 86 licensed products naming Artemisia vulgaris as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

  • Dry
  • Extract Type TBA
  • Fresh
  • fluid

Source material stated

  • Aerial parts
  • Fresh underground parts collected at the start of winter
  • Herb top
  • Leaf
  • Plante entière
  • Root
  • Whole plant

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Camphor7
  • 1,8-cineole6
  • Myrcene6
  • Alpha-thujone5
  • Beta-thujone4
  • Artemisia ketone3

Plant parts

  • Aerial part of plants23
  • Fruit unspecified6
  • Leaves4

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction30

Effect types

  • Reproductive2

Target tissues

  • Urogenital: ovaries1
  • Uterus1

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

SubstancePlant partPreparationConcentrationAnalytical methodSource
1,8-cineoleAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≤ 5.13 PercentGC-MSResolve DOI
1,8-cineoleAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≥ 3.44 PercentGC-MSResolve DOI
Alpha-thujoneAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≤ 21.66 PercentGC-MSResolve DOI
Alpha-thujoneAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≥ 3.1 PercentGC-MSResolve DOI
Artemisia ketoneAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≤ 29.38 PercentGC-MSResolve DOI
Artemisia ketoneAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≥ 6.77 PercentGC-MSResolve DOI
Beta-thujoneAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≤ 4.6 PercentGC-MSResolve DOI
Beta-thujoneAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≥ 0.74 PercentGC-MSResolve DOI
CamphorAerial part of plants—≤ 3.52 Percent—Resolve DOI
MyrceneAerial part of plants—≤ 1.03 Percent—Resolve DOI
MyrceneAerial part of plants—≥ 0.18 Percent—Resolve DOI
1,8-cineoleLeavesSolvent extraction≤ 12.2 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
1,8-cineoleLeavesSolvent extraction≥ 2.2 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
1,8-cineoleAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≤ 16.4 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
1,8-cineoleAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≥ 0.9 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
Alpha-thujoneFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≤ 16 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
Alpha-thujoneFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≥ 15.5 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
Alpha-thujoneAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≤ 11.4 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
Artemisia ketoneAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≤ 5.9 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
Beta-thujoneAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≤ 10.9 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
Beta-thujoneAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≥ 0.1 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
CamphorFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≤ 4.4 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
CamphorFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≥ 1.4 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
CamphorAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≤ 18.9 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
CamphorAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≥ 0.6 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
CamphorAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≤ 38.7 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
CamphorAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction≥ 15.7 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
MyrceneFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≤ 1.2 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
MyrceneFruit unspecifiedSolvent extraction≥ 0.1 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
MyrceneLeavesSolvent extraction≤ 1 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier
MyrceneLeavesSolvent extraction≥ 0.1 PercentGC-MSNo resolvable identifier

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

EffectTarget tissuePlant partPreparationTest organismTest typeSource
ReproductiveUterusAerial part of plantsSolvent extractionRat (as animal)Reproduction toxicityNo resolvable identifier
ReproductiveUrogenital: ovariesAerial part of plantsSolvent extractionRat (as animal)Reproduction toxicityNo resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

  1. Judzentiene, Asta., Garjonyte, Rasa. Compositional Variability and Toxic Activity of Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) Essential Oils . Natural product communications, 2016, vol. 11, no. 9, p. 1353-1356.
  2. Lohani, Hema., Gwari, Garima., Bhandari, Ujjwal., Haider, S. Zafar., Andola, Harish., Chauhan, Nirpendra. Variability in the Essential Oils from Aerial Parts of Artemisia vulgaris L. Grown in Uttarakhand (India) . Journal of essential oil bearing plants, 2016, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 103-107. DOI
  3. Narwaria, A., Khosa, R L., Dhar, S K. Experimental studies on artemisia vulgaris - a possible antifertility drug. . Ancient science of life, 1994, vol. 14, no. 1-2, p. 10-5.
  4. Haider, F., Dwivedi, PD., Naqvi, AA., Bagchi, GD. Essential oil composition of Artemisia vulgaris harvested at different growth periods under Indo-Gangetic plain conditions . Journal of essential oil research, 2003, vol. 15, no. 6, p. 376-378.

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