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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 |
|---|---|---|
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 3 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| P21-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-2B1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Parasympathomimetic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Pediculicide | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 8 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Photoactive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phototoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phytoalexin | 4 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Phytohormonal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Piscicide | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Pituitary-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |