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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.
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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.
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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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Culicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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.