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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
ARCHANGELICIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARCHANGELICIN 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARCHANGELICIN 2 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARCHANGELIN 0 Root not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AZULENOGENIC-HYDROCARBON 0 Seed 930.0 5890.0 not available Wealth of India.
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
BERGAPTEN 26 Fruit 48.0 1300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Root Essent. Oil not available 88000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Seed 2.0 6800.0 1.55 Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE 4 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Root 8.0 72.0 -1.20 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 110000.0 1.04 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
BETA-CEDRENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insecticide 13 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 22 Bowers, W.S., Ortego, F., You, X., and Evans, P.H. Insect Repellents From The Chinese Prickly Ash Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Journal of Natural Products, 56(6): 935-938, 1993.
Insectiphile 2 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferonogenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Irritant 17 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 4 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.