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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
OXYPEUCEDANIN-HYDRATE 2 Root 1500.0 *
OXYPEUCEDANIN-HYDRATE 2 Seed 0.6 3.8 -1.00 Wealth of India.
OXYPEUCEDANIN-HYDRATE 2 Shoot *
OXYPEUCIDANIN 0 Root *
OXYPEUCIDANIN-HYDRATE 0 Root *
OXYPEUCIDANIN-METHANOLATE 0 Root *
P-CYMEN-8-OL 0 Root 1.0 31.0 *
P-CYMENE 16 Root 40.0 980.0 1.73 *
P-CYMENE 16 Root Essent. Oil *
P-CYMENE 16 Seed 800.0 5050.0 0.58 Wealth of India.
P-CYMENE-8-OL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
P-MENTH-CIS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
P-MENTH-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root Essent. Oil 60000.0 -0.15 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PALMITIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 1 Root Essent. Oil *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PENTADECAN-1-AL 0 Root *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 4 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Coleoptophile 1 *
Collagen-Sparing 2 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 *
Contraceptive 1 *
Cosmetic 4 Fitoterapia No.61: 254, 1990.
Counterirritant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 *
Culicide 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 2 *
Cytoprotective 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 9 *
Cytotoxic (Breast) 3 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.