Artemisia scoparia explained

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.^{[1] [2]}

The English common name of Artemisia scoparia is virgate wormwood,^[3] capillary wormwood, or redstem wormwood. In Mandarin Chinese it is known as yīn chén (Traditional: 茵陳) and it is an important traditional Chinese medicine,^[4] and is considered interchangeable with Artemisia capillaris for that purpose. Its pollen can be allergenic.^[5]

Chemical constituents

1. Capillarisin^[6]
2. Chlorogenic acid butyl ester
3. 6,7-Dimethylesculetin
4. Isosabandin
5. Magnolioside (isoscopoletin-β-D-glucopyranoside)
6. 7-Methoxycoumarin
7. 7-Methylesculetin
8. Sabandin A^[7]
9. Sabandin B
10. Scoparone (6,7-dimethoxycoumarin) ^[8]
11. Scopoletin
12. β-Sitosterol
13. Capillin

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200023326 Flora of China, 猪毛蒿 zhu mao hao, Artemisia scoparia Waldstein & Kitaibel, Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 1: 66. 1802.
2. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=artemisia+scoparia Altervista Flora Italiana, Assenzio scopario, Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kit.
3. Book: English Names for Korean Native Plants . . 2015 . 978-89-97450-98-5 . Pocheon . 360–361 . 25 January 2017 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf . 25 May 2017 .
4. Ding . Jiwei . Wang . Linlin . He . Chunnian . Zhao . Jun . Si . Lijun . Huang . Hua . 2021-06-12 . Artemisia scoparia: Traditional uses, active constituents and pharmacological effects . Journal of Ethnopharmacology . en . 273 . 113960 . 10.1016/j.jep.2021.113960 . 33636317 . 232065726 . 0378-8741.
5. Jaggi KS . Gangal SV . Isolation and identification of pollen allergens of Artemisia scoparia . . 80 . 4 . 569–572 . 1987 . 3668120 . 10.1016/0091-6749(87)90008-X.
6. Web site: Chemical Study on Artemisia scoparia . November 17, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165414/http://www.wanfangdata.com.cn/qikan/periodical.Articles/zgyaokdxxb/zgya2004/0405/040504.htm . September 30, 2007 .
7. Ali MS . Jahangir M . Saleem M . Structural distinction between sabandins A and B from Artemisia scoparia waldst. (Asteraceae) . . 17 . 1 . 1–4 . 2003 . 12674134 . 10.1080/10575630290020640. 32672104 .
8. Hoult JR . Payá M . Pharmacological and biochemical actions of simple coumarins: natural products with therapeutic potential . . 27 . 4 . 713–722 . 1996 . 8853310 . 10.1016/0306-3623(95)02112-4.