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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2,4-DIHYDRO-PHTHALIC-ANHYDRIDE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ADENINE 11 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALANINE 3 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALUMINUM 5 Root 93.0 422.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
ANGELIC-ACID 1 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ANGELICA-POLYMORPHA-ALKALOID 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ANGELICA-POLYSACCHARIDE-AS-1 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ANGELICA-SINENSIS-COMPOUND-E-232 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ANGELICIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ANGELICIDE 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ANGELICONE 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ANGELOL 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ARACHIDONIC-ACID 12 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ARGININE 14 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 67.0 304.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root 12320.0 56000.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BERGAPTEN 26 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigout 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranulocytopenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.