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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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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
8-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 0 Seed *
8-METHOXY-PSORALEN 21 Plant *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Seed Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ACONITIC-ACID 1 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ADENOSINE 28 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ADENOSINE 28 Root Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALANINE 3 Leaf *
ALPHA-ALKYL-FUROCOUMARIN 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ALPHA-AMYRIN-ACETATE 2 Fruit 26.0 *
ALPHA-BISABOLOL 20 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Root *
ALPHA-COPAEN-11-OL 0 Root 15.0 45.0 *
ALPHA-COPAEN-8-OL 0 Root *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Root 10.0 190.0 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-COPAENE-11-OL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-COPAENE-8-OL 0 Root 6.0 18.0 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Root 0.0 5.0 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Root 18.0 50.0 1.41 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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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 *
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 *
Antiesophagitic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifeedant 13 *
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 *
Antiflu 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigenotoxic 2 *
Antigliomic 1 *