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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
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
N-BUTYLIDENEPHTHALIDE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
N-BUTYLIDENPHTHALIDE 0 Root *
N-BUTYLPHTHALIDE 1 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
N-DODECANOL 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
N-TETRADECANE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
N-VALEROPHENONE-O-CARBONIC-ACID 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
N-VALEROPHENONE-O-CARBOXYLIC-ACID 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
NEOANGELIDE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
NIACIN 39 Root 15.0 68.0 0.51 *
NICOTINAMIDE 2 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
P-CYMENE 16 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PHENYLALANINE 7 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE 2 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 735.0 3340.0 -0.03 *
PHTHALIDES 0 Root Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidote (pesticides) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidysgeuzic 1 *
Antidyskinetic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 3 *
Antidyspeptic 1 *
Antidysphagic 1 *
Antieczemic 5 Merck 11th Edition
Antiedemic 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *