Chinese medicine angelica

Wu SJ, Ng LT, Lin CC. Antioxidant activities of some common ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine, Angelica sinensis, Lycium barbarum and Poria cocos. Phytother Res 2004 18(12) 1008-12. 

Tang, J.C., J.N. Zhang, Y.T. Wu, and Z.X. Li. 2006. Effect of the water extract and ethanol extract from traditional Chinese medicines Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels, Ugusticum chuanxiong Hort. and Rheum palmatum L. on rat liver cytochrome P450 activity. Phytother. Res. 20(12) 1046-1051. 

Chinese angelica Angelica sinensis) is the most important female tonic remedy in Chinese medicine. The elfects of angelica EO in three assays in mice (elevated plus maze, light/dark and stress-induced hyperthermia test) suggested that angelica EO exhibited an anxiolytic-like effect [391]. A link to emotion and cognitive performance with the olfactory system was reported [392]. Moreover, the EOs could affect mood, concentration and sleep [393], while other studies had shown that EOs were potentially important to boost the immune system [394, 395]. 

In Chinese medicine, at least 10 Angelica species are used, including A. dahurica (Fisch.) Benth. et Hook., A. anomala Lalem., A. formosana Boiss., and A. sinensis (Oliv.) Diels the latter, known as danggui or dong quai (see following), is widely used in treating female ailments in China (farnsworth 1-4 ... 

Mei QB, Tao JY, Cui B. Advances in the pharmacological studies of radix Angelica sinensis (Oliv) Diels (Chinese dang gui). Chin Med J 1991 104 776-781. Mashour NH, Lin GI, Frishman WH. Herbal medicines for the treatment of cardiovascular disease clinical considerations. Arch Intern Med 1998 158 2225-2234. 

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