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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TRANS-1-ETHOXY-2-P-MENTHENE 0 Root not available 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-3-ETHOXY-1-P-MENTHANE 0 Root not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-4-ETHOXY-2-PINENE 0 Root not available 79.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-4-ETHOXY-PIN-2-ENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-4-ETHOXY-THUJANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-6-NITRO-1(7),2-P-MENTHADIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Root 2.0 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE 2 Root 2.0 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CARVEOL 1 Root 0.0 11.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CARVEOL 1 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CARVEOL-ACETATE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CARVYL-ACETATE 0 Root 2.0 5.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Root 10.0 268.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-P-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL 0 Root 0.0 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PINOCARVEOL-ACETATE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PINOCARVYL-ACETATE 0 Root 5.0 17.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-PIPERITOL 0 Root not available 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PIPERITOL 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antiophthalmic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiotitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 22 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant Synergist 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiparkinsonian 3 Martindale's 28th
Antipellagric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antipeptic 2 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antiperoxidant 2 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiphenylketonuric 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiplasmodial 1 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antiplatelet 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 6 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiproliferative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 2 Duke, 1992 *