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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
BETA-CADINENE 0 Root Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 0.3 1.2 -0.43 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BIOTIN 4 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BREFELDIN-A 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTYLIDENE-NEPHTHALIDE 0 Root Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE 10 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CADINENE 4 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CALCIUM 28 Root 620.0 2820.0 -0.50 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 176000.0 800000.0 -0.39 *
CARVACROL 37 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CARVACROL 37 Root Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
CHOLINE 20 Root 2470.0 -0.12 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.2 0.9 -0.38 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Root Essent. Oil 121800.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
COBALT 2 Root 3.3 15.1 -0.22 *
COPPER 12 Root 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 Jim Duke's personal files.
D-SUCROSE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cytochrome-P488-Inducer 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 3 *
Demulcent 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Dermatitigenic 1 *
Detoxicant 1 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diuretic 9 *
DME-Inhibitor 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
DNA-Binder 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Emetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Emmenagogue 1 Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 *
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic 1 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.