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Accepted name: 
Artemisia absinthium L. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant: 
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
absint Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
absinth Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
absinth sagewort Other Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
absinthe Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
absinthe grande Other Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
absinthe wormwood Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
absinthii herba Pharmaceutical E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
absinthium Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
absintio Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
absintio, absenta, ajenjo Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
absinto Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
abszint Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
achik erman Other Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
acintro Other Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
afsanteen Other Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
afsanthin Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
afsantin Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ajenjo Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
ajenjo extranjero Other Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
ajenjo oficial Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ajenjo, hierba Other Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
ajenko Other MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
ajinju Other Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005)
alsem Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
apsithkia Other Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
ariti Other Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
armoise Other Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
armoise absinthe Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
armoise amère Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
artemisia Other Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
assenzio Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
assenzju Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
chajrat meriem Other Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
charmra Other Ethnomed. Pl. of Chamba District, India (Rani et al., 2013)
chaw Other Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
cimaimacippattiri Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common wormwood Other Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
damar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
davana Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhada terkha Other Med. Pl. of Tehsil Charbagh, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
echter wermut Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
erman Other Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
erman shybak Other Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
erva-dos-vermes Other Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
estafiate Other Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
feuilles ameres Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
folia artemisiae absinthii Pharmaceutical Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
grande absinthe Other ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
grande absintio Other Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
green ginger Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
herba artemisiae absinthii Pharmaceutical Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
herbe d'absinthe Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hierba maestra Other Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
iarbă de pelin Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
indhana Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khatraq Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
koirohi Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
lorma Other Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014)
losna Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
losna maior Other Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
machipatri Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
machipattri Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
macipattiri Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
macippaccai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madderwort Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maderwood Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
magenkraut Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
maistra Other Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
malurt Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
malört Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
marw Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
marwah afsanteen rumi Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mastaru Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mastiyaaraa Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
moshipatri Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niga-yomogi Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
nigayomogi Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nilampala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nipampala Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ou zhou ai Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
palinová vňať Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
palyn Other Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
palynnik Other Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
pelin Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
pelin otu Other Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
pelyňková nať Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
polyn gor'kaja Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
polyn' gor'kaya Other Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
prodigiosa Other Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
qaisoom (afsanteen) Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ruda macho Other Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005)
rîḥân Other Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
serpana Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shiba Other Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001)
shulabandha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
surapeena Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
surpan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tartiha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tethwan Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tirunitri-pachcha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tithwan Other Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
titween Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
urigattige Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uruvalu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varuvalu Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
vialayati afsanteen Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
vilaayati afsanteen Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vilayathi afsantin Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilayati afsanth Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilayatiafsantin Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wermut Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
wermutkraut Other E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
worm wood Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
wormswood Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
wormwood Other British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
wormwood herb Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
zel pravega pelina Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
ziele piolunu Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
αψίνθιο η αρτεμισία Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
абсент Other EMA Com. Monog.: Artemisia absinthum, herb. (2008)
пaлын Other Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
пaлыннiк Other Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
полин Other Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
полин гіркий Other Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
полынь Other Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
أفسنتين‬ Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
افسنتين Other Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
‫شيبة النبي Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
苦艾 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)