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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
PSORALEN 31 Fruit not available 310.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Root 2.0 140.0 1.28 Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Seed not available 100.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ROSIFOLIOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTAMARIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
SABINENE 5 Root 2.0 95.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINOL 5 Root 0.0 34.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINYL-ACETATE 0 Root 0.0 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SEC-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(R)-BYAKANGELICIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
SPATHULENOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPHONDIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
STEARIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiulcer 15 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral 16 Duke, 1992 *
Antivitiligic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 5 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Autotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bacteriophagicide 1 de Vries, D. J. and Blumberg, P. M., Thermoregulatory effects of resiniferatoxin in the mouse: comparison with capsaicin, Life Sciences, 44, 1989, 711-715.
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.