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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Root | 2354.0 | 10700.0 | -0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Root | 28600.0 | 130000.0 | 0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Root | 0.8 | 3.4 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAFROLE | 29 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SAFROLE | 29 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SCOPOLETIN | 44 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| SEDANOIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Root | 0.1 | 0.4 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SESQUITERPENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SILICON | 4 | Root | 0.8 | 3.4 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPHINGOMYELIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STARCH | 5 | Root | 33000.0 | 150000.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SUCCINIC-ACID | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| SUGARS | 0 | Root | 24200.0 | 110000.0 | 0.06 | 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 * |