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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
2-DECANONE 0 Root not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-NITRO-1,5-P-MENTHADIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2-NONANONE 2 Root not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Root 0.0 4.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
4,4,6-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEX-2-EN-1-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-ETHOXY-1-P-MENTHENE 0 Root not available 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHOXY-7-HYDROXYPSORALEN 0 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
4-METHOXY-7H-FURO(3,2-G)(1)BENZOPYRAN-7-ONE 0 Root 1.0 225.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
5,7-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYL-CHROMONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
5-ISOPROPYLBICYCLO-(3,1.0)-HEXAN-2-ONE 0 Plant 10.0 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-GAMMA-HYDROXYPSORALEN 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
5-METHYL-ANGELICIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
5-UNDECEN-3-YNE 0 Root 2.0 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-ISOPROPYL-5-METHYL-BICYCLO(2.2.2)-OCT-5-EN-2-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-METHOXY-8-(3-METHYL-2-BUTENYL)-2H-1-BENZOPYRAN-2-ONE 0 Root 50.0 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
8-(2-(3-METHYLBUTOXY)-3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTOXY)PSORALEN 1 Root not available not available not available Phytochem. Anal. 3(1):42-48. 1992
8-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 0 Fruit not available 62.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
8-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 0 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
Cytotoxic (Colon) 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.
Cytotoxic (Lung) 2 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.
Demulcent 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deodorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 6 HerbalGram No. 17.
DME-Inhibitor 4 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Emetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Essential 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant 8 Duke, 1992 *
Fatal 1 Martindale's 29th