Plant Details

Accepted name:: Angelica archangelica L. [Apiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Angelica archangelica subsp. archangelica

Angelica archangelica subsp. litoralis (Wahlenb.) Thell.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
angelica	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
angelica archangelica	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
angelica archangelica root	Other	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
angelica root	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
angelica root oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
angelica seed oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
angelicae archangelicae radix	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
angelicae fructus	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
angelicae herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
angelicae radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
angelika	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
angelikafrüchte	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
angelikakraut	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
angelikawurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
angelique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
angerika	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
angélica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
angélica, raiz	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
angélica, raíz	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
angélique	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
angélique vraie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
archangel	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
archangelica	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
archangélique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
brustwurz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
canda	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caṇḍā (root)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ch'ien tu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
chanda	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chirakabheda	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
choraka bheda	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
choru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
conda	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
coraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dudhachoraa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
dâgil' aptečnyj	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
engelwurz	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
european angelica	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
fjällkvanne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
garden angelica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
hierba del epiritu santo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
holy ghost	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
laghu coraka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
melekotu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
norwegian angelica	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
oleoresin angelica seed	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
oleum angelicae	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root of the holy ghost	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saxony angelica	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
thuringian root	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
wild parsnip	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, root		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
fruit		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Fruit, leaf, rhizome, root		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Root, Herb, Fruit	Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
roots		Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
root, fruit, herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
seed	dried seed	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
root, herb, fruit, oil		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome, root	whole or cut, dried rhizome and root	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
root	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
rhizome, root	whole or cut, carefully dried rhizome and root	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
root	dried root	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
leaf, root, stem	leaf, root, stem	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
root		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
fruit, rhizome, root	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
rhizome, root	Whole or cut, carefully dried rhizome and root	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
raíz, tallos, pecíolos de la hojas	pecíolos tiernos de las hojas	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Archangelica officinalis Hoffm. Gen. Pl. Umbell.: 162 (1814).
Archangelica archangelica (L.) H.Karst. Ill. Repet. Pharm.-Med. Bot.: 843 (1886), not validly publ.
Selinum archangelica (L.) Vest Man. Bot.: 501 (1805).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Angelica archangelica	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Angelica archangelica L.	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Angelica archangelica Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Angelica archangelica Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
Archangelica officinalis Hoffm.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)

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