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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
Antidiuretic 1 LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Antidote 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiEBV 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 8 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalopathic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendotoxic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifeedant 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigenotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigliomic 1 Duke, 1992 *