Artemisia scoparia
| Artemisia scoparia | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Artemisia |
| Species: | A. scoparia |
| Binomial name | |
| Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kit. 1802 not Maxim. 1859[1] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
Artemisia scoparia is a Eurasian species in the genus Artemisia, in the sunflower family. It is widespread across much of Eurasia from France to Japan, including China, India, Russia, Germany, Poland, central + southwest Asia, etc.[4][5]
The English common name of Artemisia scoparia is virgate wormwood,[6] capillary wormwood,[6] or redstem wormwood. In Mandarin Chinese it is known as yīn chén (Traditional: 茵陳) and it is an important traditional Chinese medicine,[citation needed] and is considered interchangeable with Artemisia capillaris for that purpose. Its pollen can be allergenic.[7]
Chemical constituents[edit]
- Capillarisin [8]
- Chlorogenic acid butyl ester
- 6,7-Dimethylesculetin
- Isosabandin
- Magnolioside (isoscopoletin-β-D-glucopyranoside)
- 7-Methoxycoumarin
- 7-Methylesculetin
- Sabandin A[9]
- Sabandin B
- Scoparone (6,7-dimethoxycoumarin) [10]
- Scopoletin
- β-Sitosterol
- Capillin
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