fa Herbal Drugs پژوهشي Research <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri=""><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" times="">Plants are nature&#39;s gift to humanity to acquire a healthy and prosperous life and used not only to treat several diseases but also as nutraceuticals to improve or modulate biological activities. About 500 species of Artemisia have been found in nature. Among them, <i>Artemisia absinthium</i> (<i>A. absinthium</i>) or wormwood is the most popular herb in the temperate zone of Northern Africa, Eurasia. It is widely distributed in the Northern United States and Canada and descriptions are found in almost all medicinal books of the Western World. It is grown as a decorative plant and is used in various alcoholic beverages as well as an ingredient in the spirit absinthe. The information regarding<i>A. absinthium</i>ethno pharmacological activities, phytochemistry, and its various medicinal uses wereexplored using different search engines in PubMed, Google Scholar, Research gate and Web of science. Different terms included &quot;worm wood&quot;, &quot;<i>Artemisia absinthium</i>&quot;, &quot;and pharmacological&quot;, &quot;therapeutic/medicinal uses&quot; were used to find the scientific literatures. Studies have shown that <i>A. absinthium</i> possesses anti-bacterial, anti-depressant, anthelmintic, anti-malarial, antioxidant, antiprotozoal, antipyretic, anti-tumor, anti-ulcer, hepatoprotective and neuroprotective activities. These activities are attributed to various active metabolites present in <i>A. absinthium</i>, whereas for further research, these results are useful and valuable. Adverse properties of <i>A. absinthium</i> required severe efforts to identify, isolates, and validates the chemical constituents for their therapeutic potentials, which gives direction to develop a novel medicine for various diseases.<br> &nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:150%"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri="">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:150%"><span style="direction:rtl"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri=""><span dir="LTR"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp;</span></span> Artemisia absinthium, nutraceuticals, medicinal uses, chemical constituents, pharmacological activity 76 87 http://pbp.medilam.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-25-38&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Muhammad Akram makram_0451@hotmail.com 10031947532846003402 10031947532846003402 Yes 1Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad-Pakistan Rida Zainab makram_0451@hotmail.com 10031947532846003403 10031947532846003403 No 1Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad-Pakistan Muhammad Daniyal makram_0451@hotmail.com 10031947532846003404 10031947532846003404 No 2Faculty of Eastern Medicine, Hamdard University Karachi-Pakistan Shafqat Rasul makram_0451@hotmail.com 10031947532846003405 10031947532846003405 No 1Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad-Pakistan Naveed Munir makram_0451@hotmail.com 10031947532846003406 10031947532846003406 No 3Department of Biochemistry, Government College University Faisalabad-Pakistan