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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
BETA-CADINENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 0.3 1.2 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BIOTIN 4 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BREFELDIN-A 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTYLIDENE-NEPHTHALIDE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE 10 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CADINENE 4 Root not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CALCIUM 28 Root 620.0 2820.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 176000.0 800000.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Root not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CARVACROL 37 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHOLINE 20 Root not available 2470.0 -0.12 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.2 0.9 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 121800.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
COBALT 2 Root 3.3 15.1 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Root not available 5.0 -0.74 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
CYSTINE 2 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
D-SUCROSE 0 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
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.