Artemisia dracunculus L. (tarragon): A critical review of its traditional use, chemical composition, pharmacology, and safety

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 11367-11384

  Obolskiy, Dmitry ^a   Pischel, Ivo ^a,b   Feistel, Bjoern ^c   Glotov, Nikolay ^d   Heinrich, Michael ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PhytoLab GmbH   (Germany)

^c Plantextrakt GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^d I M SECHENOV FIRST MOSCOW STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

anti inflammatory; antihyperglycemic; Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon, Asteraceae); essential oil; estragole; hepatoprotective; methyleugenol

Indexed keywords

ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; ANTIHYPERGLYCEMIC; ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULUS; ESTRAGOLE; HEPATOPROTECTIVE; METHYLEUGENOL;

MAMMALS; METABOLITES; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTEMISIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTEMISIA; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULUS; ASTERACEAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 80455144964     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf202277w     Document Type: Review

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