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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.
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
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Root 10.0 120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 678000.0 1.75 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Root Essent. Oil not available 225000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE-8-OL 0 Root 15.0 40.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE-8-OL 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root 35.0 5890.0 2.20 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed 170.0 1500.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed Essent. Oil not available 149000.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Root 0.0 6.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
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 *