Artemisia absinthium (leaf)

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Contents

Nomenclature

Artemisia absinthium L.   Asteraceae  
Standardized common name (English): wormwood

Botanical Voucher Specimen

Artemisia absinthium - Tropicos.org (Cerrate, Emma - 3810) 

Reference see Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Aug 2013 <http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100158913>

Source: MOBOT, Tropicos.org [1]
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Artemisia absinthium - Tropicos.org (Cerrate, Emma - 3810)

Organoleptic Characteristics

Macroscopic Characteristics

Description not reported. 

Color Grayish green. 

Scent Faintly aromatic, disagreeable and narcotic when briskly rubbed. 

Flavor Very bitter, somewhat saline.

Source: Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed. [2]

Microscopic Characteristics

The most distinctive tissue elements are the very abundant T-shaped, rather thin-walled trichromes with three to four basal cells; the rather large, yellowish, sessile, glandular trichromes with several vertical tiers of cells, are also quite diagnostic some pollen grains presenting the characteristics of the pollen of the order Compositae will generally be found. The vertical walls of the epidermal cells are wavy or sinuate and the stomata are abundant and fairly large.

Compare with Achillea and insect powder which are similar in certain of the histological characteristics.

Source: Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed. [3]
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Artemisia absinthium L. -Asteraceae--1.jpg
T-shaped trichromes with three to four basal cells in 400X Acidified chloral Hydrate Soln.
Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories[4]

Artemisia absinthium L. -Asteraceae--2.jpg
Fragment of a strap-shaped tubular covering trichrome
Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories[5]

Microanalysis powdered vegetable p 200 google ver absinthium figure.png
Source: Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.[6]

High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification

Supplementary Information

Sources

  1. ↑ MOBOT, Tropicos.org http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100158913
  2. ↑ Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.
  3. ↑ Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.
  4. ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com/
  5. ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com/
  6. ↑ Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.
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