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Common Names
Dang Gui; Dong Quai; Dang Quai; Dang Qui; Dong Gui; Chinese Angelica
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-CADINENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Root | 0.3 | 1.2 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| BIOTIN | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| BREFELDIN-A | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BUTYLIDENE-NEPHTHALIDE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE | 10 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CADINENE | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Root | 620.0 | 2820.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Root | 176000.0 | 800000.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Root | not available | 2470.0 | -0.12 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Root | 0.2 | 0.9 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 121800.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| COBALT | 2 | Root | 3.3 | 15.1 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Root | not available | 5.0 | -0.74 | Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195. |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| D-SUCROSE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antialdosteronic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialkali? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialkalotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiallergic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran? | 1 | L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 6 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antianginal | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianxiety | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiapertif | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |