Artemisia abrotanum L. (Southern Wormwood)—History, Current Knowledge on the Chemistry, Biological Activity, Traditional Use and Possible New Pharmaceutical and Cosmetological Applications
Journal: Molecules
Year: 2021

<i>Artemisia abrotanum</i> L. (southern wormwood) is a plant species with an important position in the history of European and Asian medicine. It is a species famous as a medicinal plant in Central Asia, Asia Minor, and in South-East and Central Europe. The raw materials obtained from this species are <i>Abrotani herba</i> and <i>Abrotani folium</i>. In the traditional European medicine, they have been used successfully most of all in liver and biliary tract diseases, in parasitic diseases in ch