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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
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID 2 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Root 10.0 120.0 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil 678000.0 1.75 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Root *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Root Essent. Oil 225000.0 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Seed Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE-8-OL 0 Root 15.0 40.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE-8-OL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root 35.0 5890.0 2.20 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed 170.0 1500.0 -0.34 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed Essent. Oil 149000.0 0.29 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Fruit *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Root 0.0 6.0 -0.66 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant *
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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