botanical record · discovered
Qinghao
Artemisia annua
Qinghao · Sweet Annie · Annual Mugwort (GRIN) · Annual Wormwood (GRIN) · Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) · Annual Mugwort · Annual Wormwood · Armoise annuelle · Assenzio annuale · Einjaehriger Beifuss · Einjähriger Beifuß · Einjähriger Beifuß (DE) · Enårig malurt
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, Indochina
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abscess, Airwick, Bactericide, Carminative
Science studied: BETA-ARTEANNUAN, ARTEANNUIN-B, ARTEMISIA-ALCOHOL, ARTEMISIC-ACID
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Asteraceae
Scientific name: Artemisia annua
Common names: Qinghao, Sweet Annie, Annual Mugwort (GRIN), Annual Wormwood (GRIN), Sweet Wormwood (GRIN), Annual Mugwort, Annual Wormwood, Armoise annuelle, Assenzio annuale, Einjaehriger Beifuss, Einjähriger Beifuß, Einjähriger Beifuß (DE), Enårig malurt
History
The source record documents this plant in China, Elsewhere, Indochina.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abscess
- Airwick
- Bactericide
- Carminative
- Tuberculosis
- Dyspepsia
- Eye
- Fever
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- Jaundice
- Scabies
- Stomachic
- Dysentery
- Skin
- Bitter-Principle
- Night-Sweat
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- Elsewhere
- Indochina
Documented cultural uses
- Abscess
- Airwick
- Bactericide
- Carminative
- Tuberculosis
- Dyspepsia
- Eye
- Fever
- Jaundice
- Scabies
- Stomachic
- Dysentery
show 3 more documented entries
- Skin
- Bitter-Principle
- Night-Sweat
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- BETA-ARTEANNUAN
- ARTEANNUIN-B
- ARTEMISIA-ALCOHOL
- ARTEMISIC-ACID
- ARTEMISIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- ARTEMISILACTONE
- ARTEMISININ
- ARTEMISINOL
- ARTEMISITINE
- DELTA-CADINENE
- CAPILLENE
- ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- GAMMA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- COUMARIN
- P-CYMENE
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- DEOXYARTEMISININ
- BETA-FARNESENE
- HENTRIACONTANYLTRIACONTANOATE
- ISOARTEMISIA-ACETATE
- ISOARTEMISIA-ALCOHOL
- METHYL-ACETATE
- MYRTENAL
- OCIMENE
- OCTACOSANOL
- BETA-PINENE
- PINOCARVEOL
- PINOCARVYL-ACETATE
- QUERCETAGETIN-6,7,4'-TRIMETHYLETHER
- QINGHAOSU-IV
- SCOPOLETIN
- BETA-SELINENE
- STIGMASTEROL
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- TETRATRIACONTANE
- 3,3,6-TRIMETHYL-HEPTA-1,5-DIEN-4-OL
- YLANGENE
- RHAMNETIN
- CIS-SABINOL
- SCOPARONE
- SECOCADINANE
- SPATHULENOL
- TAMERIXETIN
- TARAXERYL-ACETATE
- BETA-THUJENE
- TOMENTIN
- 5,2',4'-TRIHYDROXY-6,7,5'-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE
- O-CYMENE
- 3,5-DIHYDROXY-6,7,3',4'-TETRAMETHOXYFLAVONE
- ISOARTEMISIA-KETONE
- NONACOSANOL
- ARTEANNUIN-A
- ARTEMISIA-KETONE
- ARTEMISYL-ACETATE
- CAMPHENE-HYDRATE
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- CUMINALDEHYDE
- EO
- HUMULENE
- 3-METHYL-PINOCARVONE
- ALPHA-PINENE
- QUERCETAGETIN-6,7,3',4'-TETRAMETHYLETHER
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- 6,7,3',4'-TETRA-O-METHYL-QUERCETAGETIN
- LINALOOL
- BETA-LINALOOL-OXIDE
- LUTEOLIN
- LUTEOLIN-7-METHYL-ETHER
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE
- 6-METHOXYKAEMPFEROL
- 6-METHOXYKAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLUCOSIDE
- MYRTENOL
- TRANS-NEROLIDOL
- 5-NONDECYLRESORCINOL-3-O-METHYL-ETHER
- NORANNUIC-ACID
- OLEANOLIC-ACID
- TRANS-ALPHA-OCIMENE
- PATULETIN
- PATULETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE
- PENDULETIN
- PHYTENE-1,2-DIOL
- PHYTOL
- PINOCARVENONE
- TRANS-PINOCARVEOL
- QUERCETAGETIN-3,4'-DIMETHYLETHER
- QUERCETAGETIN-3-METHYLETHER
- QUERCETAGETIN-4'-METHYLETHER
- QUERCETIN
- QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCIMERITRIN
- BETA-SABINENE-HYDRATE
- RHAMNOCITRIN
- SABINYL-ACETATE
- SCOPOLIN
- 4,5-SECOCADINANE
- GAMMA-SELINENE
- TARAXASTERONE
- LIMONENE
- 5,7,8,3'-TETRAHYDROXY-3,4'-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- CIS-THUJ-2-EN-4-OL
- THYMOL
- 2,2,6-TRIHYDROXYCHROMONE
- TRANS-VERBENOL
- VERBENONE
- BORNEOL
- CAMPHENE
- CAMPHOR
- MENTHOL
- ALLO-AROMADENDRENE
- ALPHA-COPAENE
- ALPHA-GUAIENE
- ALPHA-HUMULENE
- ALPHA-MYRCENE-HYDROPEROXIDE
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- ALPHA-THUJENE
- ANNUADIEPOXIDE
- ARTEANNUIC-ACID
- ARTEANNUIC-ACID-ALCOHOL
- ARTEMETIN
- ARTEMISIATRIENE
- ARTEMISINIC-ACID
- BENZYL-3-METHYL-BUTYRATE
- BETA-CADINENE
- BETA-CUBEBENE
- BETA-ELEMENE
- BETA-ISOCOMENE
- BETA-MYRCENE-HYDROPEROXIDE
- BORNYL-ACETATE
- CADINENOL
- CASTICIN
- CHRYSOSPLENETIN
- CHRYSOSPLENOL-D
- CIRSILINEOL
- CIS-CHRYSANTHENOL
- CIS-CHRYSANTHENYL-ACETATE
- CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE
- EUPATORIN
- GAMMA-ELEMENE
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- GERMACRENE-D
- ISOCOMENE
- ISOEUGENOL
- ISOPINOCAMPHONE
- LONGIPILENE
- MAALIENE
- METHYL-PINOCARVONE
- MYRCENE
- NERYL-ACETATE
- P-ETHYLCUMENE
- PONTICAEPOXIDE
- SABINAKETONE
- SABINENE
- SABINOL
- SANTOLINATRIENE
- SILPHINENE
- TRANS-2,7-DIMETHYL-4,6-OCTADIEN-2-OL
- TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE
- TRANS-CHRYSANTHENYL-ACETATE
- TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE
- (E)-6-METHYL-3,5-HEPTADIEN-2-ONE
- YOMOGI-ALCOHOL
- ALPHA-AMYRIN
- ALPHA-BISABOLOL
- ALPHA-CADINOL
- ANNPHENONE
- APIGENIN
- ARTEANNUIN-C
- ARTEANNUIN-E
- ARTEANNUIN-F
- ARTEMISIN
- ARTEMISININ-B
- ARTEMISITENE
- ASCARIDOLE
- AXILLARIN
- BAURENOL
- BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE
- BISABOLOL-OXIDE
- CADIN-4,7(11)-DIEN-12-AL
- CARVACROL
- CARVONE
- CIRCIEIOL
- CIRCILINEOL
- CIRSILIOL
- TRANS-CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE
- DEHYDROARTEMISINIC-ACID
- 2,3-DIHYDRO-1,8-CINEOLE
- DEOXYARTEANNUIN-B
- DEOXYISOARTEMISININ-C
- DIHYDROARTEMISIC-ACID
- DIHYDROXYCADINANOLIDE
- 2,2-DIHYDROXY-6-METHOXYCHROMONE
- EPIDEOXYARTEANNUIN-B
- EPOXYARTEMISIC-ACID
- EUPALITIN
- FRIEDELAN-3-BETA-OL
- FRIEDELIN
- FRIEDELIN-3BETA-OL
- GERANIOL
- ALPHA-HYDROXYSANTONIN
- ISOANNUALIDE
- ISOANNULIDE
- 3-ISOBUTYLCADIN-4-EN-11-OL
- ISOKAEMPFERIDE
- ISORHAMNETIN
- KAEMPFEROL
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLUCOSIDE
- ALPHA-AMYRENONE
- ALPHA-CADINENE
- ANNULIDE
- ARTEANNUIN-D
- ARTEANNUIN-G
- ARTEMISININ-C
- ASTRAGALIN
- BETA-AMYRIN
- BONANZIN
- CADIN-4(15),11-DIEN-9-ONE
- CHRYSOERIOL
- CIRCIMARITRIN
- (E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTOL
- 6,7-DEHYDROARTEMISINIC-ACID
- DEOXYISOARTEMISININ-B
- DIHYDRO-DEOXYARTEANNUIN-B
- EPICUBENOL
- CIS-EPOXYOCIMENE
- ALPHA-FENCHENE
- 7-HYDROXY-6,8-DIMETHOXYCOUMARIN
- TRANS-5-HYDROXY-2-ISOPROPENYL-5-METHYLHEX-3-EN-1-OL
- ISOQUERCITRIN
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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