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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
HERACLENOL-2'-O-ISOVALERATE 0 Root 13.0 *
HERACLENOL-2'-O-SENECIOATE 0 Root 1.0 *
HEXADECAN-1-OL 0 Root *
HEXADECANE 0 Root 0.0 7.0 1.00 *
HEXYL-METHYL-PHTHALATE 0 Seed 3600.0 13680.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
HUMULENE-MONOXIDE 0 Root 13.0 40.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HUMULENE-MONOXIDE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
HYDROXYMYRISTIC-ACID 0 Seed *
HYDROXYPENTADECANOIC-ACID 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
IMPERATORIN 25 Fruit 66.0 1.94 *
IMPERATORIN 25 Plant *
IMPERATORIN 25 Root *
IMPERATORIN 25 Seed 50.0 5000.0 0.20 *
IMPERATORIN 25 Shoot *
ISELIN 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ISOAMYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root 2.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOAMYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ISOBERGAPTEN 0 Fruit *
ISOBERGAPTEN 0 Root Essent. Oil 88000.0 *
ISOBERGAPTIN 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
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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 *
Detoxicant 1 *
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 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Emetic 2 *
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 *
Expectorant 8 *
Fatal 1 Martindale's 29th