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Artemisia sieversiana Ehrh. ex Willd.


Botanical Name	:	Artemisia sieversiana Ehrh. ex Willd.
Family	:	Asteraceae

General Info

Description

An annual or biennial herb. Stems erect, angled; leaves broadly ovate, hoary on both surfaces; heads 0.6-1.2 cm in diameter.

Herb Effects

Antimicrobial (plant); antiseptic and anthelmintic(leaves and flowering stems); tonic, deobstruent, febrifuge and anthelmintic (plant)

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Chemistry

Active Ingredients

Sieversinin and siversin (aerial part); Artemisetin, chrysoslentin. artabsin, absinthin, alkaloids, rutin and isoquercetrin (plant).

Chemistry of Active Ingredients

Name

CAS#

IUPAC Name

Formula

Structure

Artemisetin

479-90-3

2-(3,4-dimethoxyphen
yl)-4-hydroxy-3,6,7-
trimethoxy-chromen-5
-one

C₂₀H₂₀O₈

Artabsin

24399-20-0

Not Available

C₁₅H₂₀O₃

Absinthin

1362-42-1

Not Available

C₃₀H₄₀O₆

Rutin

Not Available

2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
[(3,4,5-tr ihydroxy
-6-methyl-tetrahydro
pyran-2-yl)oxymethyl
]tetrahydropyran-2-y
l] oxy-chromen-7-on
e trihydrate

C₂₇H₃₆O₁₉

Isoquercitrin

21637-25-2

3-[5-(1,2-dihydroxye
thyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-
oxolan-2-yl]oxy-2-(3
,4-dihydro xyphenyl
)-4,5-dihydroxy-chro
men-7-one

C₂₁H₂₀O₁₂

Pharmacology

Medicinal Use

As a tonic, emmenagogue, antiseptic and expels worms (leaves and flowering stems); as a wash to relieve painful joints (plant decoction).A paste of the roots is applied to boils.

Reference

Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.

Tan RX. Tang HQ. Hu J. Shuai B. Lignans and sesquiterpene lactones from Artemisia sieversiana and Inula racemosa. Phytochemistry 1998 Sep;49(1):157-61.

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