Artemisia scoparia

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.

The English common name of Artemisia scoparia is virgate wormwood, 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, and is considered interchangeable with Artemisia capillaris for that purpose. Its pollen can be allergenic.

Chemical constituents

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