SIGNIFICANCE OF ARTEMISIA VULGARIS L. (COMMON MUGWORT) IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND ITS POSSIBLE CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS SUBSTANTIATED BY PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL STUDIES

Abstract

Artemisia vulgaris L. (common mugwort) is a species with great importance in the history of medicine and was called the “mother of herbs” in the Middle Ages. It is a common herbaceous plant that exhibits high morphological and phytochemical variability depending on the location where it occurs. This species is well known almost all over the world. Its herb—Artemisiae vulgaris herba—is used as a raw material due to the presence of essential oil, flavonoids, and sesquiterpenoids lactones and their associated biological activities.