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

Plant Angelica sinensis (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Dang Gui, Dong Quai, Dang Quai, Dang Qui, Dong Gui, Chinese Angelica
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
2,4-DIHYDRO-PHTHALIC-ANHYDRIDE 0 Root Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
ADENINE 11 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
ALANINE 3 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
ALUMINUM 5 Root 93.0 422.0 -0.09 *
ANGELIC-ACID 1 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
ANGELICA-POLYMORPHA-ALKALOID 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
ANGELICA-POLYSACCHARIDE-AS-1 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
ANGELICA-SINENSIS-COMPOUND-E-232 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
ANGELICIDE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
ANGELICIDE 0 Root 10.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
ANGELICONE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
ANGELOL 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
ARACHIDONIC-ACID 12 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ARGININE 14 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 67.0 304.0 -0.47 *
ASH 0 Root 12320.0 56000.0 -0.33 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
BERGAPTEN 26 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (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 3 (View) *
Allelopathic 1 (View) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 7 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analeptic 2 (View) *
Analgesic 11 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).