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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
(+)-ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ALPHA-CURCUMENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CUPARENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-OXYPEUCEDANIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,1-DIETHOXYHEXANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,1-DIETHOXYHEXANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,1-DIETHOXYOCTANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,1-DIETHOXYOCTANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 538000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
1-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(2S,3P)-3-HYDROXY-MARMESINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
12-METHYL-13-TRIDECANOLIDE 0 Root 1.0 12.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
12-METHYL-OMEGA-TRIDECANOLIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
12-METHYL-OMEGA-TRIDECANOLIDE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
13-TRIDECANOLIDE 0 Root 15.0 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
15-HYDROXYPENTADECANOIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Wealth of India.
15-PENTADECANOLIDE 0 Root 15.0 75.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
17-HEPTADECANOLIDE 0 Root 2.0 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2'-ANGELOYL-3'-ISOVALERYL-VAGINATE 1 Root not available not available not available Phytochem. Anal. 3(1):42-48. 1992
2'-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYLOXY-MARMESINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antialzheimeran? 2 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianoxic 1 Yamahara, J., Matsuda, H., Naitoh, Y., Fujimura, H., and Tamai, Y. 1990. Antianoxic Action and Active Constituents of Atractylodis Lanceae Rhizoma. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2033-2034, 1990.
Antianxiety 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiapertif 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiappetant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-91.
Antiasthmatic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 27 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibronchitic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiburn 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Anticancer 3 Duke, 1992 *