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Common Names
Garden Angelica; Angelica; Wild Parsnip
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| 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. |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 25 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Candidistat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carcinogenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carcinogenic? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Cardioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Catabolic | 1 | Tramil |
| Chemopreventive | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cicatrizant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |