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Agrimony
Agrimonia eupatoria
Agrimony · Sticklewort · Agrimonia comune · Aigremoine · Aigremoine eupatoire · Aigremoine eupatoire, Francormier · Almindelig agermåne · Blaen y Conyn ar y Mêl · Caliwlyn y Mêl · Churchsteeples · Cwlyn y Felysig · Cwlyn y Mêl
At a glance
Origin / distribution: French, Europe, ", UK, Uk(Wales), USSR, Germany, Hungary
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Astringent, Cancer, Cancer(Stomach), Cholagogue
Science studied: AGRIMONOLIDE, ALPHA-AMYRIN, CERYL-ALCOHOL, LUTEOLIN-GLUCOSIDE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Rosaceae
Scientific name: Agrimonia eupatoria
Common names: Agrimony, Sticklewort, Agrimonia comune, Aigremoine, Aigremoine eupatoire, Aigremoine eupatoire, Francormier, Almindelig agermåne, Blaen y Conyn ar y Mêl, Caliwlyn y Mêl, Churchsteeples, Cwlyn y Felysig, Cwlyn y Mêl
POWO: 316550-2 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in French, Europe, ", UK, Uk(Wales), USSR, Germany, Hungary and 11 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Astringent
- Cancer
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Cholagogue
- Coagulant
- Depurative
- Diuretic
- Emmenagogue
show 14 more documented entries
- Enuresis
- Gastrorrhagia
- Hematuria
- Liver
- Pharyngitis
- Tonic
- Vermifuge
- Vulnerary
- Wart
- Cardiotonic
- Enterorrhagia
- Hemostat
- Metrorrhagia
- Tuberculosis
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- French
- Europe
- "
- UK
- Uk(Wales)
- USSR
- Germany
- Hungary
- Iraq
- China
- English
- German
show 7 more documented entries
- Turkey
- Portuguese
- Spain
- Spanish
- Italian
- Greece
- Dutch
Documented cultural uses
- Astringent
- Cancer
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Cholagogue
- Coagulant
- Depurative
- Diuretic
- Emmenagogue
- Enuresis
- Gastrorrhagia
- Hematuria
- Liver
show 10 more documented entries
- Pharyngitis
- Tonic
- Vermifuge
- Vulnerary
- Wart
- Cardiotonic
- Enterorrhagia
- Hemostat
- Metrorrhagia
- Tuberculosis
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Astringent · French · "
- Astringent · Europe · "
- Astringent · " · "
- Cancer · UK · "
- Cancer · Uk(Wales) · "
- Cancer · USSR · "
- Cancer(Stomach) · Germany · "
- Cholagogue · Hungary · "
- Cholagogue · Iraq · "
- Coagulant · China · "
- Depurative · English · "
- Diuretic · German · "
- Diuretic · Iraq · "
- Diuretic · " · "
- Emmenagogue · Turkey · "
- Emmenagogue · " · "
- Enuresis · Portuguese · "
- Gastrorrhagia · China · "
- Hematuria · China · "
- Liver · " · "
- Pharyngitis · Spain · "
- Tonic · Iraq · "
- Tonic · Europe · "
- Vermifuge · Spanish · "
15 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Antibiofilm Activity of <i>Agrimonia eupatoria</i> Extracts Against Clinically Relevant Pathogens. · 2026 source ↗
- Inhibition of the PI3K signaling pathway in cancer cells by Agrimonia eupatoria L. ethanolic extract: identification of tricoumaroyl spermidine as a potential PI3K inhibitor. · 2026 source ↗
- <i>Agrimonia eupatoria</i> Leaf Extract Attenuates Alcohol-Induced Oxidative Stress, Ulcer and Alleviates Stomach Damage in Rats. · 2025 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- AGRIMONOLIDE
- ALPHA-AMYRIN
- CERYL-ALCOHOL
- LUTEOLIN-GLUCOSIDE
- PALMITIC-ACID
- SILICIC-ACID
- STEARIC-ACID
- THIAMIN
- TRITERPENES
- APIGENIN-GLUCOSIDE
- COUMARINS
- CATECHIN-TANNIN
- FAT
- TANNIN
- QUERCETIN-GLUCOSIDE
- ISOQUERCITRIN
show 58 more documented entries
- ROSAMULTIN
- RUTIN
- SALICYLIC-ACID
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- N-1-N-5-N-10-TRI-TRANS-4-COUMAROYL-SPERMIDINE
- TORMENTIC-ACID-28-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-ESTER
- 1-BETA-2-ALPHA-3-BETA-19-ALPHA-TETRAHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID
- 1-BETA-2-BETA-3-BETA-19-ALPHA-TETRAHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID
- VANILLIC-ACID
- AFZELIN
- AGRIMOL-A
- AGRIMOL-B
- AGRIMOL-C
- AGRIMOL-D
- AGRIMOPHOL
- ASTRAGALIN
- P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- COSMOSIIN
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- CYNAROSIDE
- FERULIC-ACID
- GENTISIC-ACID
- HYPEROSIDE
- KAEMPFERIDE
- KAEMPFERIDE-3-O-ALPHA-RHAMNOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL
- KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RUTINOSIDE
- POLYSACCHARIDES
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- HOMOPROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- QUERCETIN
- QUERCITRIN
- URSOLIC-ACID
- APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- ELLAGIC-ACID
- ELLAGITANNINS
- EUSCAPHIC-ACID
- EUSCAPHIC-ACID-28-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-ESTER
- GALLOTANNINS
- KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE
- LEUCOANTHOCYANINS
- LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-0-GALACTOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-RHAMNOSIDE
- VIT-K
- ISOPULEGOLE
- ISOPULEGOLE-ACETATE
- NEOISOPULEGOLE
- CATECHIN
- AMYRIN
- APIGENIN
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- EO
- KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN
- NICOTINAMIDE
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
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