Angelica Root and Its Benefit.

Contents

• Basic Botanical Data of Angelica Spectrum and Family.
• What does Angelica and Angelica Root Mean?
• Narrative History and Archeology of Angelica Spectrum.
• Traditional Uses of Angelica Family.
• Narrative and Description of Chinese Angelica.
• Application and function of Chinese Angelica Root.
• Phytochemicals and Contents of Chinese Angelica Root.
• Dong Quai Root Aid for hormones Using.
• Chinese Angelica Root.Dang Gui and Its Modern Indications.
• Chinese Angelica Root Modern Research.
• Narrative and Description of European Angelica.
• Application and Uses of European Angelica.
• Photo Gallery of Angelica Root.

Phytochemicals and Contents of Chinese Angelica Root.:

 Botanical Source: Dry root of Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels.HPLC-MS/MS method support for quick quality control and identify of roots from Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diel.(4.).Identification method of quality studies go on with components such as Z-ligustilide,E-ligustilide,Z-butylidenephthalide(14.19.),free ferulic acid and total ferulic acid(17.).
 Effective Content: ferulic acid (C10H10O4); ligustilide (C12H14O2).
 Other Phytochemicals:
 palmitic acid;Beta-sitosterol; scopletin; bergapen; butylidens phthalide; alfa-pinene;beta-pinene; p-cymene; beta-phellandrene; myrcene;beta-ocimene-X; alloocimene; 6-n-butyl-cyloheptdiene-1,4; 2-methyldecane-5-one; acetophenone; beta-bisabolene; isoacoradtene; cuparene; acoradiene; p-cymene; sedanonic acid lactone; octane; nonane; undecane; dodecane; tridecane; tradecane; pentadecane; hexadecane; eicosane; phenol; 2,4-dihydroxyacetophenone; carvacrol; isoeugenol; vanillin; safrol; isosafrol; phthalic anhydride; azelaic acid; sebacic acid; anisic acid; myristic acid; camphoric acid; valerophenone-o-carboxylic acid; acetic; butyric; benzoic acid; pentadecanoic acid; palmitoleic acid; marganic acid; stearic acid; oleic acid; linoleic acid;methyl pentadecanoate; methyl palmitae; methyl oleate; methyl linoleate; methyl linolenate; isobutylidene phthalide; dinydroligustilide; sucrose; fructose etc.
 Essential Oil:Beta-Pinene, camphene, P-cymene, beta-phellandrene, myrcene, beta-ocimene-X, allo-ocimene, 6-n-butyl-cycloheptadiene-1, 4, 2-methyl-dodecane-5-one, acetophenone, beta- bisabolene, isoacroraene, acoradiene, chamigrene,-cedrene, n-butyl-tetrahydrophthalide, n-butyl-phthalide, n-butylidene-phthialide, ligustilide, d-2, 4-dihydrohpthalic anhydride, dodecanol, bergapten
 Oil with Phenol Characteristics:P-methyl-benzolcohol, 5-methoxyl-1-2, 3-dicresol, phenol, O-cresol, P-cresol, guaiacol, 2, 3-dieresol, P-ehtyl phenol, O-eethyl phenol, 4-ethyl resorcinol, 2, 4-dihydroacetophenone, carvacrol, isoeugenol, vanillin.
 Oil with Acid Characteristics:Phthalic anhydride, azelaic acid, sebacie acid, anisic acid, myristic acid, camphoric acid, dimethyl phthalate, dimethylaelate, dimethylsebacate, dimehtyl anisae, dimethyl myristate, dimethyl camphorate, n-valerophenone-o-carboxylic acid.
 Organic Acid:Ferulic acid, succinic acid, nicotinic acid, vanillic acid, n-tetracosanoic acid, palmitic acid.
 Sugar:Sucrose, fructose, glucose, arabigalactan.
 Saccharides:test analyzed that contents of saccharides in the alcohol-broiled Angelica sinensis were higher than those in the crude herb(24.).Analytical method of on-line HLPC developed to simultaneously separate and identify the monosaccharide composition of three Angelica polysaccharide fractions (APF),named APF1, APF2 and APF3.(13.).
 Vitamin:0.25~40 ug/100g of vitamin B12, 0.0675% of vitamin A, vitamin E and Biotin
 Amino Acids:17 various amino acids
 Inorganic Elements:20 types of inorganic elements of which 16 are required by the human body,ie,calcium, zinc,phosphorous and selenium.
 Alkaline:Uracil, adenine, choline
 Other:Stigmasterol, sitosterol, stigmaterol-D-glucoside, tetradecanol-1, scopletin, 6-methoxyl-7-hydroxycoumarin,angelicide and brefelclin

 GABAergic ligands:constituents from methanol extract of angelica sinensis root shown to exhibit competitive binding to the GABAa receptor,2 components identified,they are GABAergic dimeric phthalides 1 and 2,Compound 1 Gelispirolide as a phthalide dimer composed of Z-ligustilide and a Z-butylidenephthalide.Compound 2 is a dimeric phthalide, riligustilide.Both are active in an in vitro GABAa receptor-binding assay with IC50 values of 29 and 24 microM, respectively.(5.)

 Diligustilides group:diligustilides components isolated and identified recently from Angelica sinensis as levistolide A (1), senkyunolide O (2), (3Z, 3Z')-6.8', 7.3'-diligustilide (3), tokinolide B (4), isotokinolide B (5), (3'Z)-(3R, 8S, 3a'R, 6'S)-3, 3a': 8, 6'-biligustilide (6), E, E'-3. 3', 8. 8'-diligustilide (7) and E, E'-3. 3', 8. 8'-isodiligustilide(62.).

Reference:

• 1.Angelica Root and Its Benefit.

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♣ last edit date:09th,Oct.2010.