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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Angelica dahurica (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Bai Zhi
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
5-(2-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-3-METHYLBUTOXY)PSORALEN 0 Root *
5-METHOXY-8-HYDROXYPSORALEN 0 Root *
6,7-DIMETHYLESCULETIN 3 Root *
6-METHOXY-7-ISOPENTENYLOXYCOUMARIN 0 Root *
8-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 0 Root *
ALLOISOIMPERATORIN 0 Root *
ANGELIC-ACID 1 Root *
ANGELITOXIN 0 Root *
ANHYDROBYAKANGELICIN 0 Root *
BYAKANGELICIN 5 Root *
BYAKANGELICOL 0 Root *
CALCIUM 28 Root 2140.0 -0.58 *
CEDRELOPSIN 0 Root *
CNIDILIN 0 Root *
COPPER 12 Root 10.0 -0.19 *
IMPERATORIN 25 Root *
IRON 6 Root 1800.0 2.17 *
ISOBYAKANGELICOL 0 Root *
ISOIMPERATORIN 8 Root *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 3.7 -1.36 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Okada,Y,et al.1995.Search for Naturally Occurring Substances to Prevent the Complications of Diabetes.II.Inhibitory Effect of Coumarin and Flavonoid Derivatives on Bovine Lens Aldose Reductase and Rabbit Platelet Aggregation.Chem Pharm Bull43(8):1385-1387
Allelochemic 1 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiadrenergic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 3 (View) *
Antiaggregant 2 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 1 (View) *
Antialopecic 2 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianemic 3 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antianorectic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.