PDR for Herbal Medicines

320 /FRANKINCENSE PDR FOR HERBAL MEDICINES

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Fraxinus ornus

See Manna

which are bushily branched with flowering branches at the

top. The leaves are simple, lanceolate-linear, 2 to 10 cm by 2

to 10 mm, thorn-tipped, entire or slightly serrate, and

somewhat glossy.

Characteristics: The odor is aromatic and intense.

Habitat: The plant is indigenous to Germany, Russia and

southern Europe.

Production: French Tarragon leaves or herbs are picked

when in bloom and carefully dried.

Other Names: Little Dragon, Mugwort, Estragon

ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY

COMPOUNDS

Volatile oil of complex, variety-specific composition (0.25-

3.1%): chavicol methyl ether dominates in German species,

accompanied by ocimene, myrcene, alpha-pinene, beta-pi-

nene, camphene, limonene, linalool

Flavonoids: including quercetin and patuletin glycosides

Hydroxycoumarins: including herniarin, scopoletin

hocoumarins: including artemidin

Polyynes

EFFECTS

The essential oil of the drug is an appetite stimulant.

INDICATIONS AND USAGE

Unproven Uses: French Tarragon is used as an appetite

stimulant.

PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS

No health hazards or side effects are known in conjunction

with the proper administration of designated therapeutic

dosages.

DOSAGE

Mode of Administration: Both the fresh and dried plant is

used, mostly as a culinary herb.

LITERATURE

Balza F, Jamieson L, Towers GHN, Chemical constituents of

the aerial parts of Artemisia dracunculus. In: JNP 48:339. 1985.

Greger H, Bohlmann F, Zdero Ch, Neue Isocumarine aus

Dracunculus. In: PH 16:795. 1977.

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1994.

Lakupovic J, Tan RX, Bohlmann F, Jia ZJ, Huneck S,

Acetylenes and other constituents from Artemisia dracunculus.

In: PM 57:450. 1992.

Marco JA et al., Sesquiterpenes lactones from Artemisia

species. In: PH 32:460. 1993.

French Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus
DESCRIPTION
Medicinal Parts: The medicinal parts are the dried aerial
parts of the plant.
Flower and Fruit: The flowers are drooping, almost globular
and 2 to 3 mm across. They are whitish, later reddish, and
clustered in loose panicles. The sepals of the epicalyx are
oblong-elliptic and mostly green; the inner ones are ovate
with a broad membranous edge. The ray florets are female.
The disc florets are androgynous and infertile. The corolla is
yellow with a glabrous receptacle.

Leaves, Stem and Root: The plant is a glabrous, 60- to 120-
cm high herbaceous perennial. There are numerous stems,

Fraxinus excelsior

See Ash