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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Breast) 3 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 *
Anticarcinogenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticariogenic 4 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticholinergic 1 *
Anticholinesterase 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticolic 1 *
Anticonstrictive 1 *
Anticonvulsant 7 *
Anticoronary 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidementia 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant? 1 *
Antidermatitic 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiabetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.