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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MYRCENE 22 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Root 7.0 380.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONADECANE 0 Root 0.0 5.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-AL 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL 0 Root not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
O-CYMENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
O-CYMENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTADEC-9-EN-18-OLIDE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 20000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECAN-1-OL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECANE 0 Root 0.0 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-AL 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANAL 0 Root not available 1.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OCTYL-ISOVALERATE 2 Root not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OCTYL-ISOVALERATE 2 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available 133000.0 0.11 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 1 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tracheorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 4 Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Tremorilytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tumor-Promoter 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Uricogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uterosedative 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Varroacide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 6 Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *