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Common Names
Garden Angelica; Angelica; Wild Parsnip
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHANGELICIN | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARCHANGELICIN | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARCHANGELICIN | 2 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARCHANGELIN | 0 | Root | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARAGINE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AZULENOGENIC-HYDROCARBON | 0 | Seed | 930.0 | 5890.0 | not available | Wealth of India. |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| BERGAPTEN | 26 | Fruit | 48.0 | 1300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BERGAPTEN | 26 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BERGAPTEN | 26 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BERGAPTEN | 26 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 88000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BERGAPTEN | 26 | Seed | 2.0 | 6800.0 | 1.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BERGAPTEN | 26 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Root | 8.0 | 72.0 | -1.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 110000.0 | 1.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| BETA-CEDRENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimanic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimelanogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenopausal | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimenorrhagic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimite | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimitotic | 8 | Gawron, A. and Glowniak, K. 1987. Cytostatic Activity of Coumarins in vitro. Planta Medica 1987: 526. |
| Antimorphinic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| AntiMS | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 15 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimycotic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinauseant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antinicotinic | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Antinitrosaminic | 5 | Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18. |
| Antinociceptive | 5 | Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. |
| Antinyctalopic | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antiobesity | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antionychyotic | 1 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| Antiophidic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |