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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiarthritic | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibronchitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibronchoconstrictor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Liver) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |