Showing Food Tarragon
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| Name | Tarragon | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Artemisia dracunculus | ||||||||||
| Description | Tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus, is a perennial herb native to Europe and Asia. It is widely cultivated and consumed in France, where it is a key ingredient in French cuisine. The leaves of tarragon are used as an aromatic culinary herb, particularly in chicken, fish, and egg dishes, and are a main flavoring component of Béarnaise sauce. Fresh tarragon has a sweet, anise-like flavor and aroma, with a bright green color. Tarragon is rich in antioxidants and has been shown to have anti-inflammatory properties. The herb contains a high amount of estragole, a chemical compound with potential health benefits (PMID: 21942448, PMID: 33927629). In addition to its culinary uses, tarragon is also used in traditional medicine to aid digestion and relieve anxiety. Interestingly, tarragon is often infused in vinegar to produce tarragon vinegar, and is also used to flavor a popular carbonated soft drink called Tarhun in several Eastern European and Central Asian countries. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00019 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Herbs and Spices | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Herbs | ||||||||||
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| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
| Order | Asterales | ||||||||||
| Family | Asteraceae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Artemisia | ||||||||||
| Species | dracunculus | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 35462 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Artemisia_dracunculus | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — Duke, James. 'Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. United States Department of Agriculture.' Agricultural Research Service, Accessed April 27 (2004). — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. — Rothwell JA, Pérez-Jiménez J, Neveu V, Medina-Ramon A, M'Hiri N, Garcia Lobato P, Manach C, Knox K, Eisner R, Wishart D, Scalbert A. (2013) Phenol-Explorer 3.0: a major update of the Phenol-Explorer database to incorporate data on the effects of food processing on polyphenol content. Database, 10.1093/database/bat070. — Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181. | ||||||||||