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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
8-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 0 Seed *
8-METHOXY-PSORALEN 21 Plant *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Seed Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ACONITIC-ACID 1 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ADENOSINE 28 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ADENOSINE 28 Root Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALANINE 3 Leaf *
ALPHA-ALKYL-FUROCOUMARIN 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ALPHA-AMYRIN-ACETATE 2 Fruit 26.0 *
ALPHA-BISABOLOL 20 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Root *
ALPHA-COPAEN-11-OL 0 Root 15.0 45.0 *
ALPHA-COPAEN-8-OL 0 Root *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Root 10.0 190.0 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-COPAENE-11-OL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-COPAENE-8-OL 0 Root 6.0 18.0 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Root 0.0 5.0 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Root 18.0 50.0 1.41 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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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 *