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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Poultice | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Preservative | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Prolactinogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Prooxidant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 2 | Fujimoto, Y., et al. 1998. Inhibition of 15-hydroxyprostaglandin Dehydrogenase Activity in Rabbit Gastric Antral Mucosa by Panaxynol Isolated from Oriental Medicines. J Pharmacy & Pharmacology, 50(9): 1075-1078. |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Psychoactive | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Pyrogenic | 1 | Kandasamy, S. B. 1977. Central Effect of 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic Acid (Arachidonic Acid) on the Temperature in the Conscious Rabbit. Experientia, 33: 1626. |
| Roborant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Sedative | 8 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90. |
| Serotoninergic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spasmogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |