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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
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Root 0.0 12.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINOLENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Root 1.0 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGALCIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ANGELIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ANGELICAIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELICAIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELICIN 17 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELICIN 17 Root Essent. Oil not available 35000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELICIN 17 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APTERIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
APTERIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AR-CURCUMENE 3 Root 0.0 6.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ARCHANGELENONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARCHANGELENONE 0 Root not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ARCHANGELICAIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ARCHANGELICIN 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antipruritic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antipsoriac 6 Martindale's 29th
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 4 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.
Antiretinitic Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinoviral 4 Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Antisalmonella 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscleromyxoedemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 18 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antishock 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling 3 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antispasmodic 22 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 2 Duke, 1992 *