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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
2-DECANONE 0 Root Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-NITRO-1,5-P-MENTHADIENE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2-NONANONE 2 Root 1.0 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Root 0.0 4.0 1.00 *
4,4,6-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEX-2-EN-1-ONE 0 Root *
4-ETHOXY-1-P-MENTHENE 0 Root 3.0 *
4-METHOXY-7-HYDROXYPSORALEN 0 Seed 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 *
5,7-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYL-CHROMONE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
5-ISOPROPYLBICYCLO-(3,1.0)-HEXAN-2-ONE 0 Plant 10.0 30.0 *
5-METHOXY-GAMMA-HYDROXYPSORALEN 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Fruit *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
5-METHYL-ANGELICIN 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
5-UNDECEN-3-YNE 0 Root 2.0 15.0 *
7-ISOPROPYL-5-METHYL-BICYCLO(2.2.2)-OCT-5-EN-2-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil 100.0 *
7-METHOXY-8-(3-METHYL-2-BUTENYL)-2H-1-BENZOPYRAN-2-ONE 0 Root 50.0 2000.0 *
8-(2-(3-METHYLBUTOXY)-3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTOXY)PSORALEN 1 Root Phytochem. Anal. 3(1):42-48. 1992
8-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 0 Fruit 62.0 *
8-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Herbicide 10 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 *
Histaminic 1 *
Hypercholesterolemic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 1 *
Hypertrichotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypnotic 3 Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Hypocholesterolemic 6 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 5 *
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Hypotensive 7 *
Hypothermic 2 *
Immunomodulator 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 2 *
Immunosuppressant 2 *
Inhalant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insect-Repellent 1 *