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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
BETA-COPAENE 0 Root 8.0 20.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-COPAENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
BETA-CYMOL 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Root 0.0 90.0 -1.00 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Root Essent. Oil *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Root 1.0 21.0 1.00 *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Root Essent. Oil *
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Root 5.0 15.0 -0.58 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
BETA-HIMACHALENE 0 Root 0.0 12.0 *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Root *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Fruit *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Root 50.0 5320.0 1.00 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Root Essent. Oil *
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit *
BETA-PINENE 13 Root 2.0 2400.0 2.07 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Root Essent. Oil *
BETA-PINENE 13 Seed Essent. Oil *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Root *
BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDRENE 5 Root 0.0 7.0 -1.00 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiglutamaergic 1 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 3 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
Antigranular 1 *
Antihangover 1 *
Antihelicobacter 1 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 *
Antihepatocarcinogenic 1 Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990.
Antihepatotoxic 5 *
Antiherpetic 2 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 10 *
AntiHIV 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 2 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Antihyperthyroid 2 *
Antiinflammatory 26 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.