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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Angelica archangelica (Apiaceae)

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

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
8-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 0 Seed *
8-METHOXY-PSORALEN 21 Plant *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Seed Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ACONITIC-ACID 1 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ADENOSINE 28 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ADENOSINE 28 Root Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALANINE 3 Leaf *
ALPHA-ALKYL-FUROCOUMARIN 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ALPHA-AMYRIN-ACETATE 2 Fruit 26.0 *
ALPHA-BISABOLOL 20 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Root *
ALPHA-COPAEN-11-OL 0 Root 15.0 45.0 *
ALPHA-COPAEN-8-OL 0 Root *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Root 10.0 190.0 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-COPAENE-11-OL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-COPAENE-8-OL 0 Root 6.0 18.0 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Root 0.0 5.0 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Root 18.0 50.0 1.41 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Bufocide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 23 *
Cancer-Preventive 25 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 8 *
Candidistat 3 *
Carcinogenic 5 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Cardioprotective 1 *
Carminative 3 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 1 Tramil
Chemopreventive 4 *
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 7 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.
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Cicatrizant 2 *
Clastogenic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 5 *
CNS-Inhibitor 1 *