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Plant 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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepitheleomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 5 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *