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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
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
GLYCINE 12 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
HISTIDINE 7 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
IRON 6 Root 19.4 88.0 -0.31 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOSAFROL 0 Root Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOSAFROLE 3 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
KILOCALORIES 0 Root 2820.0 -1.20 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
L-MALIC-ACID 0 Root 2.6 Jim Duke's personal files.
LEUCINE 2 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
LIGUSTILIDE 7 Essential Oil 450000.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
LIGUSTILIDE 7 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
LIGUSTILIDE 7 Root Essent. Oil 739800.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
LYSINE 4 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 583.0 2650.0 0.05 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 0.6 2.6 -0.51 *
METHIONINE 15 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticariogenic 1 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 5 *
Anticerebrotic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 3 *
Anticheilitic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic 1 *
Anticholinesterase? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Antichorea 1 *
Antichoreic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 2 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 *