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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-HUMULENE 2 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Root 10.0 120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 678000.0 1.75 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Root Essent. Oil not available 225000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE-8-OL 0 Root 15.0 40.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE-8-OL 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root 35.0 5890.0 2.20 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed 170.0 1500.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed Essent. Oil not available 149000.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Root 0.0 6.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonstrictive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 7 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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.