plants Review Artemisia absinthium L.—Importance in the History of Medicine, the Latest Advances in Phytochemistry and Therapeutical, Cosmetological and Culinary Uses Agnieszka Szopa 1,* , Joanna Pajor 1, Paweł Klin 2, Agnieszka Rzepiela 3, Hosam O. Elansary 4,5,6 , Fahed A. Al-Mana 4, Mohamed A. Mattar 7 and Halina Ekiert 1,* 1 Chair and Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Medyczna 9, 30-688 Kraków, Poland;
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[email protected] (F.A.A.-M.) 5 Floriculture, Ornamental Horticulture, and Garden Design Department, Faculty of Agriculture (El-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt 6 Department of Geography, Environmental Management, and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg, APK Campus, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa 7 Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia;
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[email protected] (H.E.); Tel.: +48-(12)-6205436 (A.S.); +48-(12)-6205430 (H.E.); Fax: +48-(62)-05440 (A.S.); +48-(62)-05440 (H.E.) Received: 14 July 2020; Accepted: 12 August 2020; Published: 19 August 2020 Abstract: Artemisia absinthium—wormwood (Asteraceae)—is a very important species in the history of medicine, formerly described in medieval Europe as “the most important master against all exhaustions”.