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Plant Angelica archangelica (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Garden Angelica; Angelica; Wild Parsnip
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
UMBELLIPRENIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIPRENIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIPRENIN 0 Seed 4.0 57.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDEC-5-EN-3-YNE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VISNAGIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Fruit not available 42.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Seed 2.0 1900.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXOL 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXOL 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXOL 5 Seed not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
XANTHOXYLETIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERENE 6 Root 0.0 5.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ZOZYMIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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.