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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| IRON | 6 | Root | 19.4 | 88.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ISOSAFROL | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ISOSAFROLE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Root | not available | 2820.0 | -1.20 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| L-MALIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | 2.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIGNOCERIC-ACID | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIGUSTILIDE | 7 | Essential Oil | not available | 450000.0 | 1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIGUSTILIDE | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| LIGUSTILIDE | 7 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 739800.0 | 1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| LYSINE | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | 583.0 | 2650.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | 0.6 | 2.6 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | 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 * |