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Plant Angelica archangelica (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Garden Angelica; Angelica; Wild Parsnip
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ARCHANGELICIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARCHANGELICIN 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARCHANGELICIN 2 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARCHANGELIN 0 Root not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AZULENOGENIC-HYDROCARBON 0 Seed 930.0 5890.0 not available Wealth of India.
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
BERGAPTEN 26 Fruit 48.0 1300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Root Essent. Oil not available 88000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Seed 2.0 6800.0 1.55 Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE 4 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Root 8.0 72.0 -1.20 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 110000.0 1.04 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
BETA-CEDRENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 5 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 Martindale's 28th
Addictive 1 Science News, 145: 294.
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 10 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 3 Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 14 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.