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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TRANS-1-ETHOXY-2-P-MENTHENE 0 Root 6.0 *
TRANS-3-ETHOXY-1-P-MENTHANE 0 Root 4.0 *
TRANS-4-ETHOXY-2-PINENE 0 Root 79.0 *
TRANS-4-ETHOXY-PIN-2-ENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
TRANS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE 0 Root 10.0 *
TRANS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
TRANS-6-NITRO-1(7),2-P-MENTHADIENE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Root 2.0 13.0 *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE 2 Root 2.0 10.0 *
TRANS-CARVEOL 1 Root 0.0 11.0 *
TRANS-CARVEOL 1 Root Essent. Oil *
TRANS-CARVEOL-ACETATE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
TRANS-CARVYL-ACETATE 0 Root 2.0 5.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Root 10.0 268.0 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
TRANS-P-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL 0 Root 0.0 25.0 *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL-ACETATE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
TRANS-PINOCARVYL-ACETATE 0 Root 5.0 17.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-PIPERITOL 0 Root 30.0 *
TRANS-PIPERITOL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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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.