Botanical species · safety record
Angelica archangelica
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 51 constituent measurements and 1 genotoxicity assay for Angelica archangelica. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.
Accepted name in source: Angelica archangelica L.
Also recorded as
Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.
Regulatory presence
Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 190 licensed products naming Angelica archangelica as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.
Extract types on licence
Source material stated
What the records describe
Constituents measured
- Furanocoumarins12
- Bergapten7
- Imperatorin6
- Isoimperatorin5
- Phellopterin4
- Isopimpinellin3
- Xanthotoxol3
- Angelicin2
- Oxypeucedanin2
- Umbelliferone2
Plant parts
- Seed26
- Fruit unspecified12
- Roots and other underground parts8
- Live plants5
Preparations
- Solvent extraction47
Recorded constituents
What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.
| Substance | Plant part | Preparation | Concentration | Analytical method | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergapten | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | ≥ 233.07 Milligram/gram | Mass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatography | Resolve DOI |
| Bergapten | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | ≤ 270.18 Milligram/gram | Mass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatography | Resolve DOI |
| Bergapten | Seed | Solvent extraction | 17.9 Percent | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Furanocoumarins | Live plants | Solvent extraction | ≥ 166 Microgram/millilitre | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Furanocoumarins | Live plants | Solvent extraction | ≤ 248 Microgram/millilitre | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Furanocoumarins | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | 573.1 Microgram/millilitre | Unspecified | Resolve DOI |
| Imperatorin | Seed | Solvent extraction | 50.4 Percent | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Imperatorin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | 29.3 Microgram/millilitre | Unspecified | Resolve DOI |
| Isoimperatorin | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | ≥ 143.87 Milligram/gram | Mass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatography | Resolve DOI |
| Isoimperatorin | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | ≤ 174.79 Milligram/gram | Mass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatography | Resolve DOI |
| Isoimperatorin | Seed | Solvent extraction | 9.8 Percent | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Isopimpinellin | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | ≥ 59.75 Milligram/gram | Mass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatography | Resolve DOI |
| Isopimpinellin | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | ≤ 128.95 Milligram/gram | Mass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatography | Resolve DOI |
| Isopimpinellin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | 37.9 Microgram/millilitre | Unspecified | Resolve DOI |
| Methoxsalen | Seed | Solvent extraction | 9.2 Percent | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Oxypeucedanin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | 343.9 Microgram/millilitre | Unspecified | Resolve DOI |
| Phellopterin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | 21.6 Microgram/millilitre | Unspecified | Resolve DOI |
| Phellopterin | Seed | Solvent extraction | 12.2 Percent | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Umbelliferone | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | ≤ 22.05 Milligram/gram | Mass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatography | Resolve DOI |
| Umbelliferone | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | ≥ 12.76 Milligram/gram | Mass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatography | Resolve DOI |
| Xanthotoxol | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | ≤ 9.33 Milligram/gram | Mass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatography | Resolve DOI |
| Xanthotoxol | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | ≥ 4.32 Milligram/gram | Mass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatography | Resolve DOI |
| Angelicin | Live plants | — | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Angelicin | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry | No resolvable identifier |
| Archangelicin | Seed | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | No resolvable identifier |
| Bergapten | Live plants | — | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Bergapten | Seed | Solvent extraction | 8.3 Percent | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Bergapten | Seed | Solvent extraction | 0.1 Percent | — | No resolvable identifier |
| Bergapten | Seed | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | No resolvable identifier |
| Coumarins | Seed | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | No resolvable identifier |
| Furanocoumarins | Seed | Solvent extraction | — | — | No resolvable identifier |
| Furanocoumarins | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Furanocoumarins | Seed | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Furanocoumarins | Seed | Solvent extraction | — | — | No resolvable identifier |
| Furanocoumarins | Fruit unspecified | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Furanocoumarins | Seed | Solvent extraction | 0.02 Percent | — | No resolvable identifier |
| Furanocoumarins | Seed | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | No resolvable identifier |
| Furanocoumarins | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry | No resolvable identifier |
| Furanocoumarins | Seed | Solvent extraction | 7.2 Percent | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Imperatorin | Seed | Solvent extraction | — | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) | No resolvable identifier |
40 of 51 records are shown, ordered so that records carrying a resolvable reference come first.
Genotoxicity testing
Outcomes of genotoxicity assays as recorded in the source. A negative assay is a result under those test conditions, not a clearance.
| Outcome | Endpoint | Test | Tested organism | Metabolic activation | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | — | in vitro mammalian cell micronucleus test | Hamster (as animal) | — | Resolve DOI |
Cited sources
The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.
- Muller, Melanie., Byres, Maureen., Jaspars, Marcel., Kumarasamy, Yashodharan., Middleton, Moira., Nahar, Lutfun., Shoeb, Mohammad., Sarker, Satyajit D. 2D NMR spectroscopic analyses of archangelicin from the seeds of Angelica archangelica . Acta pharmaceutica (zagreb), 2004, vol. 54, no. 4, p. 277-285.
- Pavela, Roman., Zabka, Martin., Vrchotova, Nadezda., Triska, Jan., Kazda, Jan. Selective effects of the extract from Angelica archangelica L. against Harmonia axyridis (Pallas)-An important predator of aphids . Industrial crops and products, 2013, vol. 51, p. 87-92. DOI
- Oniszczuk, Anna., Skalicka-Wozniak, Krystyna., Oniszczuk, Tomasz., Waksmundzka-Hajnos, Monika., Glowniak, Kaziemirz. Matrix Solid-Phase Dispersion versus Ultrasound Assisted Extraction with Solid-Phase Extraction in the HPLC Analysis of Furanocoumarins from Fruits of Archangelica officinalis Hoffm. . Journal of the brazilian chemical society, 2014, vol. 25, no. 7, p. 1166-1171. DOI
- Sigurdsson, Steinthor., Jonsdottir, Sigridur., Gudbjarnason, Sigmundur. Geographical Variation of the Furanocoumarin Composition of the Fruits of Icelandic Angelica archangelica . Zeitschrift fur naturforschung section c-a journal of biosciences, 2012, vol. 67, no. 1-2, p. 1-7.
- Brown, Stewart A., Shyluk, J. P. Gas-liquid chromatography of some naturally occurring coumarins. Anal. chem., 1962, vol. 34, p. 1058-61.
- Chatterjee, A., Sen Gupta, S. Constitution of archangelin, a new coumarin isolated from the root of Angelica archangelica. Tetrahedron letters, 1964, vol. (29-30), p. 1961-5.
- Spath, E., Vierhapper, F. Natural coumarins. XL. Coumarins of the drug semen angelicae. Monatshefte fuer chemie, 1938, vol. 72, p. 179-89.
- Raquet, Nicole., Schrenk, Dieter. Application of the equivalency factor concept to the phototoxicity and -genotoxicity of furocoumarin mixtures . Food and chemical toxicology, 2014, vol. 68, p. 257-266. DOI
- Ojala, T., Vuorela, P., Kiviranta, J., Vuorela, H., Hiltunen, R. A bioassay using Artemia salina for detecting phototoxicity of plant coumarins . Planta medica, 1999, vol. 65, no. 8, p. 715-718. DOI
- Svendsen, Anders Baerheim. Chemistry of Norwegian Umbelliferae. Johan grundt tanum forlag, oslo, 1954, p. 144 pp.
- Chatterjee, Asima., Chakravarty, A., Mukherjee, Rabindranath. Chemistry of the seeds of Angelica archangelica. Journal of the indian chemical society, 1967, vol. 44, no. 2, p. 110-14.
- Glowniak, Kazimierz., Gawron, Antoni., Kwietniewska, Barbara. Study of the coumarins of Archangelica officinalis Hoffm. fruit. Annales universitatis mariae curie-sklodowska, sectio d: medicina, 1976, vol. 31, p. 349-54.
- Dranitsyna, Yu. A., Pigulevskii, G. V., Bukreeva, T. V. Coumarins from fruits of Angelica archangelica. Zhurnal prikladnoi khimii (sankt-peterburg, russian federation), 1965, vol. 38, no. 11, p. 2570-5.
- Luszczki, Jarogniew J., Andres-Mach, Marta., Glensk, Michal., Skalicka-Wozniak, Krystyna. Anticonvulsant effects of four linear furanocoumarins, bergapten, imperatorin, oxypeucedanin, and xanthotoxin, in the mouse maximal electroshock-induced seizure model: a comparative study. PHARMACOLOGICAL REPORTS, 2010, vol. 62, no. 6, p. 1231-1236.
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