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    Santonica flower, also known as wormwood, is derived from the dried flower-head of Artemisia cina. It was traditionally used to treat intestinal parasites, fevers, and stomach issues. The active constituents are santonin (2-3.5% concentration) and volatile oils like terpinole, pinene, and cineole. A common chemical test to identify santonica flower powder is the Kaselbach test, which involves extraction, filtration, evaporation, and the addition of potassium methoxide reagent to form a red color.

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    Santonica flower, also known as wormwood, is derived from the dried flower-head of Artemisia cina. It was traditionally used to treat intestinal parasites, fevers, and stomach issues. The active constituents are santonin (2-3.5% concentration) and volatile oils like terpinole, pinene, and cineole. A common chemical test to identify santonica flower powder is the Kaselbach test, which involves extraction, filtration, evaporation, and the addition of potassium methoxide reagent to form a red color.

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    Santonica Flower Origin:: Artemisia Cina Asteraceae Compositae

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    Saif Saad
    Santonica flower, also known as wormwood, is derived from the dried flower-head of Artemisia cina. It was traditionally used to treat intestinal parasites, fevers, and stomach issues. The active constituents are santonin (2-3.5% concentration) and volatile oils like terpinole, pinene, and cineole. A common chemical test to identify santonica flower powder is the Kaselbach test, which involves extraction, filtration, evaporation, and the addition of potassium methoxide reagent to form a red color.

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    Introduction

    The discovering of the most medicinal plants is very old and many of the
    plants references don`t mention the time or even the person who discover
    the plants or the effective material , santonica flower , in the very old past
    known as 'wormwood' due to in the past it was used as treatment of
    intestinal anthelmintic , febrifuge , stomachic anti-septic and control or
    alleviate the symptoms of the chronic fever.
    Now days santonica flower is less used in pharmaceuticals and even the
    traditional medicine and replaced by other active species in the same
    family .
    Santonica flower origin :
    Santonica flower is the common name of the dried flower-head of
    Artemisia cina , famiy : Asteraceae or Compositae.
    Morphology :
    Colour: greenish – yellow. Shape: ovoid.
    Surface : it is hairy almost and shining at the top of the flower .

    Active constituents :
    1- santonin : witch have the concentration in the flower from 2% to
    3.5% and have the following structure :
    2- volatile oil : and have the concentration 2% , witch composed from
    the following volatile oils :

    A-Terpinole : it can be used in pharmaceuticals products as (alpha-


    terpinole) and have strong and functional antimicrobial activity to kill
    cariogenic and periodontopathic bacteria .

    B- Pinene : usually used in insecticides and mainly found in cannabis


    plants and pine trees .

    C_ Cineole: it is widely used in respiratory medications to treat


    respiratory tracts and asthma .

    D-- Terpinene
    Chemical test :
    In order to determine the sntonica flower powder there is more than one
    chemical test but the most common test is :

    Kaselbach test :
    First step is to use 0.5 g of santonica powder by extraction and shake with
    benzene , second step is filtering in the aporcelain dish and evaporate
    until the dryness

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    Third step is to add potassium methoxide reagent ( 2_3 drops)

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    Formulation of red colour

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